Search results

Today at the new braunfels, tx swap meet I found a carburetor to appeared to fog a model a. It was weird looking and different than anything I have seen. It was lightweight with two sight glasses on either side of the bowl and a screen external filter. The car had " air-friction" a tamped on it...

the is the only pic I have uploaded of it at the moment. This is a pic of me and my wife driving it down I 35 in Austin, Tx a few weeks ago. The truck is ugly and rusty but it is the look I was going for at the time.

Nobody can help me with a value from my description?

I would like to get opinions from some of you guys on here about the value of my model a. I am 22 years old with a lot of buying and selling experience in this type of stuff but may not have as much as a lot of you. I am pricing my pickup because I am thinking of selling it. Here is the best...

I may be one of the youngest just turning 22

what are all of the places I should check out? I chaged the base gasket with a new one and snugged the two bolts down pretty tight.

I have been having troubles with the Zenith carb on my 31 Model A and I ended up getting a Tillotson carb from a friend today. I got it on and now I have a crazy whistle noise coming from somewhere I can't fine and also the carb is getting so cold when running it has condensation dripping off of...

I am going to the same carshow next wekk you are talking about. I plan on driving mine the little over 200 mile round trip. Mine is nowhere near as nice as yours. All stock banger motor and ****** with only new water pump, coil, wiring, distributor, and tires. I think I should make it but I will...

Whether you are bashing me, or trying to help me. I still would like to say thank you to all of the guys who did take their time to try helping me out. I really do appreciate it. I am sorry if my tastes or knowledge are any different then some of you guys'. I Just turned 22 years old so I am...

The rust sedimant is to a minimum now in the tank. I did not get to mess with the carb anymore today. I been busy redoing the floor in it instead. tomorrow I will take it off and check it out again.

I have the motor running. I disassembled the carb and cleaned every piece. I found that it had a bad float along with needle and seat. I went to my buddy's shop and some out of a carb he had. I got it running and driving good for a while but now it is giving me problems again. I think the float...

Ok, Here is where I stand now. I have gotten the Model A running by wiring the coil directly to the points and the coil directly to the post on the starter. I had it put in correct timing and charged the battery for about an hour and it fires up and runs. BUT, Now I have a new problem. I can get...

the car is still not running. Yes, I am looking for speed parts. No, I do not care what any of you personally think of me. So no I am not embarrassed. If I had too much pride I don't think I could post on here saying I didn't know how to fix it. I thought I had answered the question previously...

I was looking in the Snyder's catolog and saw all the different things that I could buy for my A engine. The list of things I would really like to add to my STOCK engine is the finned aluminum high compression head, wither the 2 or 3 finned aluminum downdraft carb intake with carbs., The finned...

I have replaced the points, condensor, plate, wires from every point, coil, and the wire from the coil to the distributor. I have chacked all of the parts suchs as the dist. cap, wires, coil, and switch with a test light and all check out. The points are set at 0.20 and I just can not get any...

First off I want to say thanks to Tom Foster for the PM he sent me with helpful info. Second off. I had the president of the local Model A club stop by for a minute and he showed me what to do. He didnt have much time so he told me and showed me. I did exactly as he said to do and nothing...

I am located in cuero, texas about an hour from Austin Texas and an hour from San antonio, then also about and hour from Corpus Christi. I appreciate the helpful information from everyone but if someone could please give me an extra hand if you are somewhere close to the area I would appreciate...

the coil does get fire 1/4 inch from the head stud at times but then other times it does not. I have tried alot of stuff and also have ha my buddy who is more familiar look at it as well and he does not know the problem. Is there anyone close by that can come take a look at this thing for me and...

also Its not a fuse. No fuses on the car

I do have the key on. The head has not been painted. Actually no parts have been painted. The new parts I have changed onto it were changed after I could not get it running. So I started changing the parts hoping to find the problems. I have put a test light on everything and just cant get spark...