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anyone who was driving a model A in the 40s probably was leaving a bit behind. mine leaks a bunch if it has 5 quarts in it. leaks a lot less at 4.5 quarts i keep a gallon of oil and water in the back.

clean your carb. the jet is in the base of the carb bowl. easily clogged.

hate to be this guy. but a shock like that has 0 load on spring when the adjusting rings are screwed off the bottom.

too add on the string idea. I use a string tied to two 1 gallon jugs to do my alignments. its a good way to put a straight line in the air next to something also when im picking out boards. i look down them the long way it becomes easy to see a wow in there.

the new products, at least to me, all shine in the ease of use and time savings. there are single stage urethanes.

I had some serious egging in the bores but it was all in the center in the bores and tapered out to less at the top and none at the bottom. my thought being if you knurl you may need to bore to your knurl size. check your bore size at multiple locations in the bore.

I broke a stud before. I used the head as a guide with the drill bits wrapped in electrical tape to bush them to the hole. you can also use tape to make a mark of depth on your drill bit. I went without a depth mark and drilled through my block to the water jacket, and have to thread seal that...

I have a diamond A block and the only differences I found were a B cam, hardened exhaust seats and the diamond.

ive broken a bendix bolt and it sounds like a hammer hitting to start the turning of the engine. and my points always need cleaning. im thinking of switching back. Get good at hand starting your car.

Listen to the experts. 4 out of 5 doctors smoke camels. Thats why I do. At a glance that cam is fine, run it.(very nice points). To make a cheap valve tool grind a open end of a half inch wrench to make a wedge shape. weld that wrench to another wrench. then hand that gig off of a manifold...

I have tired of trying more than once. Now I put a gloved hand on the crank and get er whirling she kicks me out when she catches and passes my arm speed. I end up punching the apron. hence the reason for the glove. I learned this new method in a fit of anger when my starter bendix sheered its...

wrong post sorry.

I just had my car back fire around 40 and stall out to the side of the road on the last ride. My pertronix coil has a cone shape to its top. The stock style rubber was causing a problem with the cone on the pertronix. The metal wire end was lose fitting which may have added to or allowed the...

Re: I’m wondering if my coil is going bad oil filled coils are meant to be run right side up.

the model a buy sell face book group has enough members to get people near by interested in what you have. I would buy it if its in my area. The problem here is that I dont look in the swap page much because things are not sorted by area and the amount of available parts flow is much less than...

i never see RUST LOCK mentioned in these threads. maybe im one in a million. but on my car the spring was rust locked. I kept my spring in the ubolts. spread it with a one side spreader. and when the shackle bolt came out and the spreader released it didnt move. got a long bar and put that...

I have three points belts in my fordor attached to the door post. seemed a better idea than none at all. i have experienced roll overs in moderns at low speed. locally two young guys died in a slow speed no belt van crash. broke both their necks.

someone drilled that hole to fix a broken stud and went to deep. that stud will require sealant or sealant tape.

you can use flattened expanded steel using some wire to hang it from the radiator wings that hold the shell. mild steel is pretty cheap and will rust up nicely. I found 18 ga x.5in opening($13+ship for a 24inx24in) is a really good fit you can fit up to 13 ga but it will be tight tight. measure...

I did my own thing with some $20 gabirals at a 45 angle and have friction shocks in the front. good bump dampening on both ends. the gabirels seem better than the friction. but that may be king pin bushing that are starting to get bad.