Model a----a simple car

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

The Model A is a somewhat SIMPLE car.
Maybe we could share some SIMPLE ways that you all have found, to DIAGNOSE/REPAIR problems, in a SIMPLE/QUICK WAY
Bill W.

 

[TinCup]

Car will not start!
Solution: Turn on Gas you idiot!

 

[katy]

Don't forget to turn on the ignition switch too.

 

[burner31]

You mean something like this?

Lights switch on/off while turning:
Possible/most likey: Horn rod bent

Headlights or cowl lights will not switch on, but bulbs. wiring, battery are good:
Possible/most likey: Bad spider gear, spider gear mis-alinement

Gas leaking from dash panel:
Possible/most likey: Bad gas gauge gasket, loose/bad (stripped) gas gauge nut

 

[Mitch//pa]

use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A.

 

[burner31]

use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A.

Just be sure they're not metric

 

[Cool Hand Lurker]

If your tires look low, add air.

 

[Mitch//pa]

If your tires look low, add air.

do you kick them first?

 

[CarlG]

do you kick them first?

Only if you are looking to buy the car. (or if they are whitewalls.)

 

[DougVieyra]

Post # 5 : "use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A."
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Don't forget - electricians/duct tape and bailing wire .

 

[Big hammer]

use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A.

Please use a BIG HAMMER

 

[Cool Hand Lurker]

Please use a BIG HAMMER

Oh, I hope you don't mean a Harley Hammer. That would be way overkill.

 

[29Cabriolet]

Car will not start!
Solution: Turn on Gas you idiot!

and make sure there is gas in the tank!!

 

[ericr]

already referred to, kinda......make sure fuel pump is working

 

[CarlG]

Make sure the warp drive has plenty of dilithium crystals.

 

[HoarseWhisperer]

use a straight screwdriver and a hammer to work on a model A.

Use a Robertson screwdriver and a hammer on a Canadian built Model A.

 

[Indiana A. Lover]

Buy Les Andrews Books And Study them and ask questions on the barn. And remember what Bill told me there is no dumb question. Don down on the corner

 

[d.]

Indiana A...the only logical, honest answer. The cute joke responses are useless and getting old.
He asked a simple productive question and got a lot of ha ha responses.

 

[ericr]

there has been a call for a serious answer so I can muster one up. I am not sure there are, in fact, always simple answers to repair issues to a very old car. we have repair issues that original owners and early used-car owners never faced, due to pure age. further, since they had access to factory parts, or high-quality NORS, they did not face the repro problems we contend with.

 

[Mitch//pa]

every answer was meaningful