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MODEL T TIMES, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2014 40 dan treace, t echnical editor 32 %R[ (DUOHWRQ )/ 86$ e-mail: tmod[email protected] 3KRQH THE ModEl T Ford ITS REPAIR, SERVICE, & RESTORATION :KDW 7RROV DQG 6XSSOLHV WR &DUU\ RQ 7RXU Every Model T’er usually packs a tool kit and spare parts to carry on tours. Over time, the avid T’er will have on board a selection of tools, spares, and supplies to assist in repairs or to help out others. From past reviews, here is a helpful list of tools and supplies you may want to carry on the next tour. Of course, longer tours or long distance outings on your own may call for more spares. Other tools and supplies can be carried, along with the cell phone and AAA card for flat- bed towing if all else fails! tools Standard Ford tool set, as provided when car was new Open end/box end wrench set - ¼" to 1⅛" Two screwdrivers in 6" and 10" 10" Crescent wrench Small pipe wrench ⅜" socket set with ratchet handle ½" socket set with larger sockets & breaker bar handle Small hammer with drift/punch and chisel Various pliers and vise grips Electrical multi-tester with jumpers Small crowbar, valve spring compressor tool Putty knife Pocket knife Hacksaw and two blades Rear wheel puller or ‘knock off’ puller Jack with wood 2 x 4 for base Bicycle tire pump Tire pressure gauge Set of wheel chocks Rim jack for 21" rim Fire extinguisher Tow cable/strap 6XSSOLHV Spare ignition key Spare spark plugs, coils, timer, and timer parts Spare fan belt Spare lined band(s) Spare tire tube(s) or tube patch kit Spare tire(s) Short piece ¼" rubber fuel line with two hose clamps to fit, and also a piece of ¼" copper line and fittings to match the carb/shutoff valve/strainer bulb Short lengths of 14 gauge electrical wire Long nylon zip ties Spare headlight and tail/stoplight bulbs Water Gasoline Quart of oil Oil can with spout Pint of 600W Box or tin with assorted bolts/nuts/washers/cotter pins in Model T sizes and threads Spare lug bolt/nut, spare hub bolt/nut Spare valve spring retainer/pin, spare petcock Roll of brass and steel wire Roll of duct tape Roll of friction tape Rags and large towel Disposable gloves Hand cleaner Spare front wheel inner and outer bearing(s) Wheel bearing and grease cup grease Spare working NH carb Spare radiator cap and gasket #2 Permatex gasket cement Spare head gasket
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a selection of tools, spares, and supplies to assist in repairs or to help out others. From past reviews, here is a helpful list of tools and supplies you may want to carry on the next tour. Of course, longer tours or long distance outings on your own may call for more spares. Other tools and supplies can be carried, along with the cell phone and AAA card for flat-bed towing if all else fails!
toolsStandard Ford tool set, as provided when car was newOpen end/box end wrench set - ¼" to 1⅛"Two screwdrivers in 6" and 10"10" Crescent wrenchSmall pipe wrench⅜" socket set with ratchet handle½" socket set with larger sockets & breaker bar handleSmall hammer with drift/punch and chiselVarious pliers and vise gripsElectrical multi-tester with jumpersSmall crowbar, valve spring compressor toolPutty knifePocket knifeHacksaw and two bladesRear wheel puller or ‘knock off’ pullerJack with wood 2 x 4 for baseBicycle tire pumpTire pressure gaugeSet of wheel chocksRim jack for 21" rimFire extinguisherTow cable/strap
6XSSOLHVSpare ignition keySpare spark plugs, coils, timer, and timer partsSpare fan beltSpare lined band(s)Spare tire tube(s) or tube patch kitSpare tire(s)Short piece ¼" rubber fuel line with two hose clamps to fit, and also a piece of ¼" copper line and fittings to match the carb/shutoff valve/strainer bulbShort lengths of 14 gauge electrical wireLong nylon zip tiesSpare headlight and tail/stoplight bulbsWaterGasolineQuart of oilOil can with spoutPint of 600WBox or tin with assorted bolts/nuts/washers/cotter pins in Model T sizes and threadsSpare lug bolt/nut, spare hub bolt/nut Spare valve spring retainer/pin, spare petcockRoll of brass and steel wireRoll of duct tapeRoll of friction tapeRags and large towelDisposable glovesHand cleanerSpare front wheel inner and outer bearing(s)Wheel bearing and grease cup greaseSpare working NH carbSpare radiator cap and gasket#2 Permatex gasket cementSpare head gasket
7KH�´7UXVW\�%OXH�%R[µ�KHOSHG�D�\RXQJ�GULYHU�LQ�QHHG�On the recent Annual Tour in Boone, NC, my trusty blue box of simple hardware
spares that I carried along helped young Becky Maasch from Larsen, WI, keep a Ruckstell shift linkage in play, which the driver found very necessary for the hills and back roads traveled. The rough washboard gravel roads had worked out the cotter pin from the clevis pin holding the shift rod to the Ruckstell arm on the rear axle, and that clevis pin was lost. Having a short 1¾"-long, ¼" bolt and two nuts to act as lock fasteners, Becky’s dad, Rob Maasch, got her red T Touring back on the road in no time using these spare bolts and nuts from my blue box!
So, plan on your next tour to be successful and remind yourself to pack up the proper tools and supplies you or others might need.
Becky Maasch and her dad, Rob Maasch, on the MTFCI tour in Boone, NC.
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Baby Lincoln Radiator CapThe Baby Lincoln cap accessory was a favorite in the days of the Model T.
Ford had acquired the Lincoln Motor Company, and this cap was sold as a bit of tongue-in-cheek fun. Placed on the radiator of the enclosed body Ford, you could have a low cost Lincoln!
Aftermarket accessories from the
past, often found on the Ford. Many
thousands of inventive products were sold to dealers and owners to upgrade, customize, or improve over the
factory parts…in most cases not so much!
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