Need some assembly book advice.....

saints

saints

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well Im ordering alot of stuff to get my body mounted to the frame and other odds and ends to make sure the gaps on everything are good.... question is alot of this stuff Im not sure where it goes and was needing some book advice on assembly and maintaining the car
any good books I was looking at Model A Ford Mechanic's Handbook - Volume 2 - A Complete Guide For Installation & Assembly
from macs
Im a visual person to the max you can tell me a thousand times but you show me a pic and I can do it so thats what Im looking for a exploded view so to speak
Thanks
 
I know what you mean about the visual stuff. I'm getting ready to do the same thing. It might help getting an answer if the Barners know what body you have. Good luck.
 
saints said:
well Im ordering alot of stuff to get my body mounted to the frame and other odds and ends to make sure the gaps on everything are good.... question is alot of this stuff Im not sure where it goes and was needing some book advice on assembly and maintaining the car
any good books I was looking at Model A Ford Mechanic's Handbook - Volume 2 - A Complete Guide For Installation & Assembly
from macs
Im a visual person to the max you can tell me a thousand times but you show me a pic and I can do it so thats what Im looking for a exploded view so to speak
Thanks
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"covers installation of the wood body, hydraulic brakes, Mitchell Overdrive and 6 to 12 volt conversions, plus many accessories, including an added ground cable, modern points, modern Bendix drives and Mallory distributors. Volume 2 also offers tips for increased performance, speed and power for your Model A Ford."

You need volume one for the stock stuff.
 
Is there any other that I would benefit from just starting out in the model a world so Im not asking a ton of questions and being needy
 
I would get the Model A Ford Club of America "How to Restore Your Model A"
Here is a link to the index all 8 books:

http://www.mafca.com/downloads/Indexes/How2Index-all.pdf

I only got the Judging Standards a few years back, if I had realized how much information was in them I would have certainly bought them years earlier. Great for identifying parts.

The Service Bulletins are quite helpful also.

I started out with only the book "Model A Ford - Construction Operation and Repair" which is also good but I believe it was originally published in 1929, so it doesn't have some of the '30-'31 features.

I was a kid and had a couple of great teachers, sadly they are all gone now. Along with their pick-ups and cars that I got a lot of hands on experience with.
 
I have:
All 3 of Les Andrews books
All 8 MAFCA "How To" books
Most Recent JS
Service Bulletins, both small & large editions
Paige's C-O-R book
Several others I don't remember
Most of the vendor catalogs

And between all of the above, there are still times I can't find an exploded view of something I'm working on. -- Go figure!
 
well Just like I ran across hood bumper clamp for 30-31 and I have no idea were they go but I need them cause I dont have them....see the delema
 
If you have no books at all, I would start with;

Restoration and judging standards - identify specific parts for specific cars.
Les Andrews Volume 1 - Not perfect but the best out there for taking apart and rebuilding.
Your year owners manual. - What all the handles and knobs do and how to use them.

From there you can add on to your library with the various other books out there, service bulletins would be the next thing I would add.
 
saints: Don't worry about asking questions and being needy. That's what this forum is for. Another tip is to go to cruises and shows, look, observe ,question. Most owners eager to talk and show and answer ?'s
Paul in CT
 
I agree with Paul. Go find people with restored Model As, talk to them and look at their cars in detail. Take a camera, get lots of up-close pix. Take notes on a pad of paper. Crawl under their car.

We still don't know which body style you have; that would help us help you.
 
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