Analogue Engineering.

[F Body]

In a digital age  !

When I first got my Model T I asked on a forum what sized imperial spanners I needed, because many of the bolts are quite large +1"

They all laughed and told me to buy a sturdy 2" adjustable spanner, which had three main uses ?

1/ Undoing any fixing up to 2" size.

2/ Hitting things with.

3/ Using as a pry bar.

Imagine my surprise when I asked were I could buy a 1" size plug spanner socket (them spark plugs is big mother fookers).

The answer rather predictably was "Use the ruddy spanner"
and it works a treat

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Took them out to re gap them down to .070" from 0.090 which I hope will improve the hot starting. Pleasantly surprised from the results of my smell mixture tuning a while back ????  Just as it say's , run the engine until warm, turn the mixture screw in until you can smell petrol in the exhaust gas (H&S warning it's bloody hot and you could pass out) then back the screw out half a turn. Plugs looked fine

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Must stop tarting things up, but old habits die hard

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[F Body]

Dam these car things don't last five minutes, 97 years old and after some off roading last week, the drivers side foot board started to collapse

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Caused by a large tree stump and our old friend rust

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Didn't have much metal in stock, but found this U section which I welded together :

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Had planned to grind the welds off, but they were that good no dressing was needed

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A good coat of black smoothrite :

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Then weld into place :

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Note the hose in the background and a fire extinguisher, I've seen too many good cars turned to ashes by some minor welding

I jumped up and down on it and it was fine, so the jobs a goodun

[art b]

neat enough ....


what happenned to the old marty....


are you on medication for the ocd...

[Cunning Plan]

Nice work, must be satisfying to help keep the old girl on the road with a good repair!