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by bill worden
August 5th, 2015, 12:27 pm
Forum: AA Ford Discussion
Topic: Transmission Gaskets?
Replies: 2
Views: 2599

Re: Transmission Gaskets?

You could make one for the bearing retainer
by bill worden
June 27th, 2015, 7:38 pm
Forum: AA Ford Discussion
Topic: Clutch pedal return spring
Replies: 4
Views: 3819

Re: Clutch pedal return spring

The longer pin replaces the original shaft retainer and serves as one purchase for the coil spring. The other end of the spring bears against the clutch pedal shaft.
by bill worden
May 28th, 2015, 8:57 pm
Forum: AA Ford Discussion
Topic: Place to clean out gas tank
Replies: 2
Views: 3039

Re: Place to clean out gas tank

I have used a strong lye solution. I fill the tank and boil it on a camp stove for a while. You can use a length of chain as a scrubber to break up the loose stuff. The cement mixer idea was pure genius, but you need to have the mixer. Aviation sloshing compound is a good treatment after the tank is...
by bill worden
April 22nd, 2015, 2:26 pm
Forum: AA Ford Discussion
Topic: Hub puller woes
Replies: 44
Views: 21164

Re: Hub puller woes

Heat did it for me with just a propane torch. You can leave the axle nut on a few threads to catch the drum which, if it is like mine, may tend to launch itself off the end of the axle.
by bill worden
April 17th, 2015, 7:56 pm
Forum: AA Buy and Sell
Topic: Needing two right threaded studs and 2 lug nuts for 1929 AA
Replies: 5
Views: 4628

Re: Needing two right threaded studs and 2 lug nuts for 1929

You always have to check because the drums and hubs are often installed on the wrong sides. Having both L & R on one hub is just nuts. Someone probably just had extras of the wrong kind. Left and right thread lugs continued on many makes up through the sixties and quite often tire shop guys have...
by bill worden
April 14th, 2015, 5:46 pm
Forum: AA Buy and Sell
Topic: aa emergency brake parts needed
Replies: 2
Views: 2604

Re: aa emergency brake parts needed

Thanks, got em from a forum member! :D
by bill worden
April 12th, 2015, 6:06 pm
Forum: AA Ford Discussion
Topic: Engine knocking
Replies: 2
Views: 2621

Re: Engine knocking

It may just be time to go down another babbit hole. :|
by bill worden
April 12th, 2015, 6:01 pm
Forum: AA Ford Discussion
Topic: Speed-o-meter reads wrong
Replies: 2
Views: 2095

Re: Speed-o-meter reads wrong

If you have a good speedo shop they can build you an intermediate gear box to put in the speedo cable to correct the ratio. It's a common solution to a ubiquitous problem.
by bill worden
April 10th, 2015, 6:51 pm
Forum: AA Ford Discussion
Topic: Customizing brake rods.
Replies: 1
Views: 1967

Customizing brake rods.

6436k14p1-d03c-ms-land.png Here is something that a few folks may find useful: I have been working on hybrid AA truck with a Standrive chassis. The brake rods are different than the other AA's or the Model A vehicles and so I have been making my own custom rods by cutting down longer rods that are ...
by bill worden
April 3rd, 2015, 11:58 am
Forum: AA Buy and Sell
Topic: aa emergency brake parts needed
Replies: 2
Views: 2604

aa emergency brake parts needed

WANTED; EMERGENCY BRAKE PARTS FOR 1931 AA (ONE SIDE) I am currently working on a 1931 AA with a "standrive" chassis that someone made a short bed stake truck out of sometime in the dim past. When I opened up the RR drum I discovered that the emergency brake system was absent save for the b...