Model A Garage In New England ?

marc hildebrant

marc hildebrant

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I have to increase my range for shops that service Model A's from the Cape Cod area out to New England.

Any experience favorable with repair shops in New England ? I'm looking for head gasket repair\brakes\king pin repair.

Marc
 
Red Liner in Berlin, CT does this. He has an ad in Hemming's this month for a Victoria, phone # in ad. Left my copy at the shop.
Paul in CT
 
Freeman's Garage
Address: 29 Ford Rd, Norton, MA 02766
Phone: (508) 285-6500

John always worked on Model A'S
 
Update :

I have the Model A in a garage in Hyannis Massachusetts. The name is Vintage Auto and the Head is now off. When the engine is back together, I'll report on the results.

Marc
 
Update:

New Gasket installed O.K. The old gasket had a blow-out between 3 and 4 cylinders.
Car runs good after I fixed the timing (garage tried to help, but had it too retarded).

I'll re-torque the head next.

Marc
 
Re-Torqued the Head bolts today to 55 foot-pounds. I was surprised how much some had to be turned...1\4 to 3\8.

Car runs well and no leaks so far.

By the way, why is the space between the cylinder heads so small on the head gasket ?

Marc
 
marc hildebrant said:
Re-Torqued the Head bolts today to 55 foot-pounds. I was surprised how much some had to be turned...1\4 to 3\8.

Car runs well and no leaks so far.

By the way, why is the space between the cylinder heads so small on the head gasket ?

Marc
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They make the gasket to fit engines that have been bored .125" over. A correct wider gasket for the stock or up to .060" over might hit the pistons on a .125" overbore.
 
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