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Here's a video I found recently about additives and if you look at his other videos they are very informative and he does testing to come to his conclusions not just repeating what he has heard. While the videos are geared more to modern engines I still think it applies to all ICEs...

Check the distributor cam to see if all the lobes are consistent. Here's a video that uses a dial gauge to check the cam and point gap accurately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2R-ljyf9eg

Re: Do you own a 1930 Standard three window Fordor Sedan. It has the trip meter on it.

Re: Do you own a 1930 Standard three window Fordor Sedan. I picked one up this past February at a swap meet. It has the eyebrow fenders to boot.

I'll try but no promises.

Was one of the Sportlites in a box? They look like some of the items I sold

I have the opposite problem, can't keep it down, I'll have to try what nkaminar suggested.

Did you get the Sport-lites and clock at the booth with the Model A puzzles?

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Transmission Exchange in Monticello KY offers heavy duty radius rods for their kit. $379 I believe.

I had a sticking throttle and it ended up being the tillotson carb, I switched it to a zenith and it stopped. That tillotson was on a different car before that and never had any problem so I'm not sure why it would do it on that particular car. The throttle shaft would start sticking and if I...

I thought about grinding out the cracks a little and using some JB but I'm worried about the crack near the #2 spark plug especially with the higher compression.

So after leaving the head in a rust911 solution for a day and cleaning off I think I know why it was sitting on the shelf. It has cracks across the top of the head and I don't trust it enough to try it out.

Yeah I was on that site earlier looking for info.

Can anyone tell me about this? It appears to be a 5.2:1 head but it does not have a "B" cast into it.

Make sure you have good ground connections. I remember seeing an article on FordBarn about how to check with an ohm meter. A bad ground will cause the voltage to go high.

Thanks for the replies, it puts my mind at ease that I don't have to worry about for now.

I dropped the oil pan on a newly acquired A to check things out and noticed all the connecting rods are blued at the wrist pin. I know rods for racing engines are heat treated but didn't think that would apply to the model A engine. Is this something to be worried about?

I just solved this exact problem yesterday on an A I just acquired. It has modern points and when timed with the NuRex wrench it was way too advanced and when I it timed correctly the wrench was passed the #4 distributor post but would start missing when the lever was advanced on steering column...