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Classifieds & Useful eBay Links / Nice 1987 3rd Gen RS convertible for sale.

« on: February 22, 2015, 08:06:02 am »

But £20k

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/chevrolet/camaro-pre-2002/chevrolet-camaro-rs-convertible-c1987/2866681

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General Banter / Petrol engine Pre-Heat ?

« on: February 21, 2015, 05:57:33 pm »

I'm using a straight 30W mono grade mineral oil in the Model T, because T's don't have an oil filter it's important not to use any oil that contains a detergent, so the crap stays in the oil
Straight 30W is also the only way to ensure that the transmission linings remain lubricated even when the old Gal is cooking in traffic

However this presents a real problem when trying to start her in the winter, the oil is so thick it's hard to get the engine to even hand crank over

So a suitably low tech solution has been devised

Starting with a gallon of finest Paraffin :



One of these :



4 used household bricks :



One £12 Greenhouse Frost heater from Amazon :



Light wick and leave to simmer for 30 minutes

Then the motor spins freely

NB : Make sure you have no fuel leaks before you try this and the garage door needs to open (hence the brick wind deflector) because Paraffin burns dirty !

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General Banter / Nice day for a drive out.

« on: February 08, 2015, 01:32:21 pm »

Quoting: F Body

Quoting: FUBAR
Took the IROC for some exercise round the 'block' today, its been on it's battery maintainer for 6 weeks and hasn't turned a wheel so thought it was time to rotate the tyres a bit and give the engine a heat cycle, circulate the oil etc

The usual 19 mile round trip to Hemel Hempstead and back, she was warm enough for the engine fan to come on when I got back

Often wonder how many other people are just driving for the sake of the car

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Projects / Ryan's IROC Thread

« on: February 08, 2015, 01:30:32 pm »

Sorry

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Projects / Ryan's IROC Thread

« on: February 08, 2015, 11:48:35 am »

Quoting: FUBAR

Took the IROC for some exercise round the 'block' today, its been on it's battery maintainer for 6 weeks and hasn't turned a wheel so thought it was time to rotate the tyres a bit and give the engine a heat cycle, circulate the oil etc

Looks like it's getting dry enough to do the same with the Zee 28

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General Banter / It's hard looking back..........

« on: February 07, 2015, 03:47:46 pm »

Finally found time to wire the mirror light into the side light circuit today, was dam cold though





Another thing the Model T doesn't have are any fuses, simple it either works or burns  

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General Banter / It's hard looking back..........

« on: January 17, 2015, 04:16:04 pm »

Especially when you don't have any mirrors
But more to the point I've had a couple of near misses with impatient drivers overtaking me when I'm turning



An original "T" would have had a windscreen or door mounted mirror, hard when you don't have either

So I bought a 1950's mirror with an integral parking light, which nicely matches the existing rear lights a while ago on E Gay, always buying bits and pieces if the price is right

Anyway after weeks of searching on and off line I found a suitable hollow fixing bolt (light fitting from B&Q) :



Had to re-wire it and fit a 6v bulb :





Certainly not pristine but well loved





Finally found time today to go and fit it :









Not wired in yet, we''ll do that another day

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General Banter / Found a Camaro in the garage ?

« on: January 11, 2015, 11:40:06 am »

It really is no way to treat old Gal, even if I did give here a full valet over Christmas, she needs somebody to use her as GM intended

Was going to say I need the garage space, but I finally got the tenancy agreement signed on my 2nd secure garage this morning, it's 5 minutes walking distance away and in a securely fenced yard. There is no power or lighting and the roof needs some attention, but for £300 for the next year job done

If anybody is looking for one of the best 4th Gen's in the country (Tax'd till July & MOT'd till Sept 2015) with the most complete vehicle history you will ever find, drop me a line !  Also comes with a garden shed full of spares and service items including fluids.


Any way's I actually drove her















She's just turned 35..............thousand Kilometres = 21,753 miles

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 10, 2015, 06:25:24 pm »

Quoting: F Body

shiney new parts :

Fitted and working

As usual with the "T" it involved the use of a hammer, but this case just some fairly gentle persuasion

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 10, 2015, 01:57:39 pm »

Changed the spring refitted (takes about an hour) still jammed, took the spring out refitted still jammed, filed a small chamfer on the edge of the ring gear (known cure) refitted still jammed

So all the way from the US of A shiney new parts :



£82 inc shipping & VAT

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Questions and Queries / No Oil Dip-stick with new car engine.. How does it know?

« on: January 10, 2015, 12:10:17 pm »

Quoting: Cunning Plan

So, how do new engines, without dip-sticks measure oil?

Loads of ways :




http://www.sensorsmag.com/sensors/leak-level/a-dozen-ways-measure-fluid-level-and-how-they-work-1067

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 03, 2015, 05:45:48 pm »

Quoting: art b

was the starter original or was it starting handle only ..

No not original, electric start was an option from mid 1919 and pretty much standard 1923 onwards.

So the gearbox housing must also date from 1919 onwards, but seeing as Ford didn't even put id numbers on most parts who knows

Interestingly the gearbox and sump pan (all one part) has been fractured right across in two places and then welded back together

This was a common issue when they struck rocks or boulders before roads were made

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 03, 2015, 03:25:02 pm »

The plot thickens ?

Just spoke to Mr Model T aka Neil Tuckett and he said just pull the little spring and pin out, they work better without it

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 03, 2015, 03:10:38 pm »

Can't find anywhere you can buy the little spring, so I'm looking at a new Bendix unit for $75 approx £50

But as always it hinges on the shipping costs

MAC I've bought from before but they were just retaining washers that came in an envelope :

http://www.macsautoparts.com/ford_model_t/model-t-ford-starter-drive-assembly-new.html

Snyder sell all the hard to get bits but they can be pricey :

http://www.snydersantiqueauto.com/4728

E-Mail sent to both

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 03, 2015, 02:42:22 pm »

Me thinks this little spring on the collar is the problem :

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 03, 2015, 02:23:47 pm »

Curious ? Mine spins really freely like this on the left, but if in the horizontal position jams :

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 03, 2015, 02:14:58 pm »

Well isn't look any different than this reconditioned item on E Gay ?

Click to enlarge :

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 03, 2015, 02:10:49 pm »

Oh and the exhaust is great you drying you rain soaked cloths

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General Banter / Starter motor repair.

« on: January 03, 2015, 02:05:59 pm »

The Model T starter motor packed up on Thursday, now she has a hand crank which works OK when it's cold, but it's bastard when it's warm and there is always the chance she'll back fire and break you arm

Here is the front of the starter motor :



Just need to remove the floor boards to reach the other end :



Here is the end of the starter bendix cover :



Eventually got the cover off after removing the four screws, two of them require the clutch pedal pushing in so that you can reach them :



Hard to see but the secondary gear was jammed at an angle :



Quick push with a screw driver freed it and gave it a whirl ?
It turned over fine but spat a shed load of oil out the bell housing



So rather than dismantle it completely, I put it all back together again and started the engine ( NB : You really need three hands to start the T anyway, so my phone was sat on the seat recording the sound if not the video )



She sputtered into life OK, but then when I went to start her again it was jammed again
Here are the bendix parts and tiny woodruff key that's so easy to lose :



The parts cleaned up :



The problem is the secondary ring is cocking sideways and jamming, will have to do some forum research to see what and how the ring is supposed to work



But seeing as it is still garage weather, I took the opportunity to modify the choke lever mechanism :



You had to hold it in the closed position for starting, no that easy when you have a hand advance and retard and a hand throttle. So I drilled the rivet out and replaced it with a bolt and some lock washers, it now holds in any position

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General Banter / tw@ts like this drive amoungst us ...

« on: January 03, 2015, 06:25:07 am »

Seeing as the reg number is clearly visible and it's from Leicestershire, I'm sure that someone will dob the dizzy cow in

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General Banter / 6th Annual Vintage Stony - 1st Jan 2015.

« on: January 02, 2015, 04:34:54 pm »

Quoting: F Body

Umm 90 mile round trip in an open car that cruises at 30mph and does 13mpg

Just worked out yesterdays fuel consumption

16.55mpg

Now one might think that with the six gallon tank that would give me a range of 99 miles ?

The answer is YES and NO !

YES if the ground is flat, but NO if you want to drive up hills because the tanks needs to be at least half full

Remember this is a car where less is more, i.e no fuel pump, no oil pump, no water pump, no oil filter, no air filter and no distributor

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General Banter / 6th Annual Vintage Stony - 1st Jan 2015.

« on: January 01, 2015, 03:59:14 pm »

Quoting: art b

i would have gone to the ace cafe ..

mind you would you go on the m1..

Illegal for it to travel on a motorway because it can't maintain the minimum speed of 40mph :walk:

I also seemed to be the only vintage car using the A5 with an orange flashing beacon, apart from the safety aspect so drivers can see a slow moving vehicle as they bare down on you at 70mph plus, again it's a legal requirement on dual carriageways posted at 40mph and above

Mind you I couldn't actually see jack on the way home because of the dirty spray from the vehicles passing me

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General Banter / 6th Annual Vintage Stony - 1st Jan 2015.

« on: January 01, 2015, 03:52:29 pm »

Well what an awesome day, the Model T made it there and back without a problem. Yeah she spat out some oil and a little coolant and the starter motor packed in before I even left the house, but at least it has a starting handle

Yes it was cold, wet and slow and I held lots of people up, but they all smiled and waved, it's that kind of car

Pictures here :

http://s29.photobucket.com/user/fbody007/slideshow/Stony%20Stratford%20010115?sort=2

Would I do it again ?  In a heartbeat

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General Banter / 6th Annual Vintage Stony - 1st Jan 2015.

« on: January 01, 2015, 06:05:06 am »

Damn there is a 05:30am on New Years Day !

Had a serious grinding issue yesterday with the right hand off side drive shaft, got the hub off yesterday and their is excessive end float, allowing the hub to grinding on the shaft housing.

Made a fibre spacer last night and am going to fit now, according to the model T forum that should solve the issue for a few hundred miles, but it's caused by excessive wear in the shaft woodruff key

This means that sooner rather than later the woodruff key will shear leaving me with no power and no parking brake

So I'll be as gentle with the 98 year old Gal as possible, but seeing as the clutch is either on or off it's Stony Stratford or bust

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General Banter / 6th Annual Vintage Stony - 1st Jan 2015.

« on: December 30, 2014, 02:45:00 pm »

Well had the Model T out for three hours this morning
Dropped in on Jamie and gave his kids a ride around who seemed concerned that they aren't any seatbelts
I told them to be more worried about not having any brakes