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  1. Rui Roda

    How to install a new ignition switch?

    Joe, One has to be creative, as the distance and customs aren't kind to us. Imagine: I bought an ignition switch ($58.88) and a Zenith basic rebuild kit ($37.99). Handling and transport added $79.39; Credit card, customs agent and custom duties, Euros 105,50. If I divide the total cost by the...
  2. Rui Roda

    How to install a new ignition switch?

    Dears Y-Blockhead and Rotorwrench, Thank you for your advice! Since the WWII to the sixties, Argentina blocked the imports of new cars, to create an internal market for their automobile industry. So, to keep running the old ones, people had to fit the spares they get (specially from Kaiser and...
  3. Rui Roda

    How to install a new ignition switch?

    Thank You 1955cj5! Now I understood… When the old switch was installed, somebody cut the cup! I have to invent something to solve the problem. Now I know what needs to be done. Thanks again for your prompt answer
  4. Rui Roda

    How to install a new ignition switch?

    Dear all, First of all, as this is my first post, I would like to send a brotherly greeting to everybody in this Forum. In my Model A 29 (RHD, that I bought when I lived in Argentina), the old ignition switch had a lock nut to fix it to the instrument panel. Recently I bought a new one (Mac's...
  5. Rui Roda

    29 Fordor Gas Tank Removal

    Dear all, Where is a will there is a way... I re-read the thread and noticed that "Brent IM 10-UH-C" said to remove the filler panel between the lower firewall and tank firewall. Now the tank is out and I intend to remove the original steering column clamp and install a home made support...
  6. Rui Roda

    29 Fordor Gas Tank Removal

    Dear all, First a warm greeting to the members of this Forum, as it's the first time I enter to ask for advice. I have a 29 Fordor Briggs (RHD), that I bought when I lived in Argentina and that I brought with me when I returned to Portugal. The tank was repaired in Argentina, but we made de...
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