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Is that a manual fuel pump mounted outside (driver's left)?
Bill Dentinger
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On=C2=A0Sunday, May 24, 2020,=C2=A0Larry Young via Fot=C2=A0<fot@autox.tea=
m.net>=C2=A0wrote:
My dad was a Ford guy. He tried to brainwash me on Fords too, but I=20
rebelled and got a TR250 rather than a Mustang (good move right?).=20
Anyway, he had a 1926 Model T which he got when I was about 8 years old=20
and I inherited it when he stopped driving. I naturally gravitated to=20
the performance end of the Model T hobby. Most people our age think=20
sports cars and hotrodding started after WWII, but the same thing=20
happened when the doughboys came back fror WWI. They wanted cars like=20
they had seen in Europe. The Model T was the natural platform, since=20
they were so abundant. I call my other one my "Poor Man's Bugatti" (see=20
photo). It was built in 1922 on a junked 1914 roadster chassis. It was=20
fitted with a mail order boattail body. It has several performance=20
upgrades which were available in the period, e.g. full pressure oiling,=20
RAJO overhead valve conversion, 2 speed rear axle (also a J-type=20
overdrive not available in '22). I plan to build another speedster. I've=20
got another speedster body and a Model T motor with a SOC head. There=20
were a lot of speed parts available for those cars.
I wouldn't put to much weight on what the manual says for lubrication.=20
Most lubricants today are better than anything available then. I run=20
straight 30w or 10w-30 in the '26 which is still running with splash=20
oiling. You want the oil to be fairly thin to get into the bearings. The=20
Model T manual calls for 600w oil in the rearend, but there is some=20
debate about how oils were designated back then (before SAE standards).=20
I use the same Sta-lube GL4 90w that I use in my Triumph. Penrite makes=20
a heavy steering box lube that I use in one car. I don't know how it=20
compares to cornhead grease. I am surprised about how slow GM was to=20
adopt more modern technology. Ford went to tapered roller wheel bearings=20
around 1920 and pressure oiling about 1932. They got away from babbitted=20
bearing in 1936 and started using oil filters about the same time.=20
However, it was a bypass system, not full flow oil filtration. It is all=20
eventually filtered (after it flow around enough times).
=C2=A0- Larry Young
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On Sunday, May 24, 2020, Larry Young via Fot <fot@aut=
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My dad was a Ford guy. He tried to brainwash me on Fords too, but I <br cle=
ar=3D"none">rebelled and got a TR250 rather than a Mustang (good move right=
?). <br clear=3D"none">Anyway, he had a 1926 Model T which he got when I wa=
s about 8 years old <br clear=3D"none">and I inherited it when he stopped d=
riving. I naturally gravitated to <br clear=3D"none">the performance end of=
the Model T hobby. Most people our age think <br clear=3D"none">sports car=
s and hotrodding started after WWII, but the same thing <br clear=3D"none">=
happened when the doughboys came back fror WWI. They wanted cars like <br c=
lear=3D"none">they had seen in Europe. The Model T was the natural platform=
, since <br clear=3D"none">they were so abundant. I call my other one my "P=
oor Man's Bugatti" (see <br clear=3D"none">photo). It was built in 1922 on =
a junked 1914 roadster chassis. It was <br clear=3D"none">fitted with a mai=
l order boattail body. It has several performance <br clear=3D"none">upgrad=
es which were available in the period, e.g. full pressure oiling, <br clear=
=3D"none">RAJO overhead valve conversion, 2 speed rear axle (also a J-type =
<br clear=3D"none">overdrive not available in '22). I plan to build another=
speedster. I've <br clear=3D"none">got another speedster body and a Model =
T motor with a SOC head. There <br clear=3D"none">were a lot of speed parts=
available for those cars.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">I wouldn't =
put to much weight on what the manual says for lubrication. <br clear=3D"no=
ne">Most lubricants today are better than anything available then. I run <b=
r clear=3D"none">straight 30w or 10w-30 in the '26 which is still running w=
ith splash <br clear=3D"none">oiling. You want the oil to be fairly thin to=
get into the bearings. The <br clear=3D"none">Model T manual calls for 600=
w oil in the rearend, but there is some <br clear=3D"none">debate about how=
oils were designated back then (before SAE standards). <br clear=3D"none">=
I use the same Sta-lube GL4 90w that I use in my Triumph. Penrite makes <br=
clear=3D"none">a heavy steering box lube that I use in one car. I don't kn=
ow how it <br clear=3D"none">compares to cornhead grease. I am surprised ab=
out how slow GM was to <br clear=3D"none">adopt more modern technology. For=
d went to tapered roller wheel bearings <br clear=3D"none">around 1920 and =
pressure oiling about 1932. They got away from babbitted <br clear=3D"none"=
>bearing in 1936 and started using oil filters about the same time. <br cle=
ar=3D"none">However, it was a bypass system, not full flow oil filtration. =
It is all <br clear=3D"none">eventually filtered (after it flow around enou=
gh times).<br clear=3D"none"> - Larry Young<div class=3D"yqt721587449=
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