Hello Everyone
Here’s this weeks addition of what did Pat get into.
As always those Peskey customers first.
First up we got fellow club member Dan. Dan asked me to help him get his Model A woodie project engine fired up for the first time. Also to look over his 4 Door Model A as it was running rough. First though his Model A woodie engine. That didn’t take too much time. As myself and Dan did lot of work to get it ready previously. It just involved tinkering with the starter, hose clamps, adding antifreeze, and gas. Happy to say it fire right up and sounded very nice.
As for Dan’s 4 door, after checking a few things I managed to get it running a little better but still rough and hard starting. So it’s now time to rebuild some carburetors! More on those next update.
Next I managed to get the Model A front end I’ve perviously rebuilt(this one had a broken spring)
So I got the axle installed, and ran the car a bit. It still needs a bit of work. Mainly a carburetor, and a generator. Also while I was there the customer asked me to look at his Ford 8N tractor as he couldn’t get it started. That was an easy diagnosis. Bad starter bendix. The Bendix broke and wouldn’t spin the engine. Parts on order now. So hopfully I’ll revisit this later this week.
Also this week was something a little off the norm. I did some work on a 1965 mustang. That needed a new dash pad and the old one was dry rotted and cracked and looked terrible. This job I will also return to as it needs a little more attention. Nothing too crazy.
This week I did manage to get some of my stuff done too. First though a small project Jenn and I played with last week I forgot to include. So as most of you know I have a 1915 Model T mechanically I’ve restored it and as always I got more projects for it. Last week we decided to play around with the original horn I have for her. It is a magneto style horn. We disassembled and cleaned, and made new gaskets and of course tested. It passed the test. It works great. So now it is ready for reassembly and then install. A back burner project I’ll knock out soon. There’s some more fun stuff to fix up for the Model T, but I’ll get to that soon.
Also I’ve been working on my Model A roadster project. Particularly the doors and rumble seat lid. Previously I primed them, and have been slowly sanding and prepping them for paint over the past weeks. This week I managed to get them painted. I’m happy to report that the paint work came out fantastic. Probably one of if not the best I’ve done yet. Minus a few bugs/dust which will be next to work out.
