Of all the things in this very good video, the jack is the most amazing. A 90 year-old jack that still functions properly and is way better designed than the ones we have in modern cars now.
Excellent advise! It is exactly what the old timers told me in about 1961, when I first put my 1925 Touring on the road after restoring it. One bitter winter day, I decided to give it a try, and sure enough, if cranking it by hand without the rear wheel being up off the ground, each piston up would fire but not bring the following one up to continue the engine to run. What was different from the old timers advise from what works nicely for you, was to throw the clutch into high and let that back wheel act as an addition to the engine flywheel forces, and with the deep cold, my old Lizzie needed this! You bet my wheels were well chalked.Right now in Seattle, it is snowing like crazy! With all our hills of the city, tomorrow's commute will be treacherous but a good day for body shops and emergency vehicles! Back in North Dakota winters, an old timer told me of having to bring hot coals from the wood fire in the house in a pan to place under the flywheel housing to warm the engine oil, also hot water to pour over the intake manifold which helped to vaporize the gasoline. He bought his first ford in 1917 I understand the gasoline at that time was not much better than Kerosene!!!! Once a Model T engine was running you could use kerosene to run it, but power was less.
Cold starts are rough but cranking through 360 degrees is still dangerous. Pulling through an arc at the top is much safer. You'll usually get away with it but when you don't...would hate to see you hurt (badly!).
My first thought -- "This was filmed in the middle of July, how the heck did he find a cold day?" "He's in Australia, idiot. It's winter there in July." LOL!
I've lived in Australia 17 years (from UK) and I still get confused. They tell me you get used it, and Christmas Day on the beach etc, after about 40 years :-P
Actually, there's an easier and safer way. jack the rear wheel on the same side as the driver. Put the car in top gear and grab the wheel and give it a spin. No broken arms, car won't run over you. this worked on my old VW and it worked like a charm. I read about this years ago. This will probably work on any manual transmission as long as the engine is small and doesn't have high compression. Enjoy your site. Jack
You've got some of the best Model T videos on TH-cam. Greetings from Detroit.
Of all the things in this very good video, the jack is the most amazing. A 90 year-old jack that still functions properly and is way better designed than the ones we have in modern cars now.
Josh Brinson most modern cars are way too low for that mechanism to be useful, and those that aren't are probably too heavy
Excellent advise! It is exactly what the old timers told me in about 1961, when I first put my 1925 Touring on the road after restoring it. One bitter winter day, I decided to give it a try, and sure enough, if cranking it by hand without the rear wheel being up off the ground, each piston up would fire but not bring the following one up to continue the engine to run. What was different from the old timers advise from what works nicely for you, was to throw the clutch into high and let that back wheel act as an addition to the engine flywheel forces, and with the deep cold, my old Lizzie needed this! You bet my wheels were well chalked.Right now in Seattle, it is snowing like crazy! With all our hills of the city, tomorrow's commute will be treacherous but a good day for body shops and emergency vehicles! Back in North Dakota winters, an old timer told me of having to bring hot coals from the wood fire in the house in a pan to place under the flywheel housing to warm the engine oil, also hot water to pour over the intake manifold which helped to vaporize the gasoline. He bought his first ford in 1917 I understand the gasoline at that time was not much better than Kerosene!!!! Once a Model T engine was running you could use kerosene to run it, but power was less.
Cold starts are rough but cranking through 360 degrees is still dangerous. Pulling through an arc at the top is much safer. You'll usually get away with it but when you don't...would hate to see you hurt (badly!).
The Jack is amazing. They build quality for eternity, it seems...
Well I pick my non starting 1923 tourer up tomorrow and its flippin` cold here so this video has helped me loads.
My first thought -- "This was filmed in the middle of July, how the heck did he find a cold day?"
"He's in Australia, idiot. It's winter there in July." LOL!
I've lived in Australia 17 years (from UK) and I still get confused. They tell me you get used it, and Christmas Day on the beach etc, after about 40 years :-P
Actually, there's an easier and safer way. jack the rear wheel on the same side as the driver. Put the car in top gear and grab the wheel and give it a spin. No broken arms, car won't run over you. this worked on my old VW and it worked like a charm. I read about this years ago. This will probably work on any manual transmission as long as the engine is small and doesn't have high compression. Enjoy your site. Jack
Mitch, nice video! Good Job. Thanks for teaching me .. Ron
can u do a vid on how to clean and wash a model t??
Pretty much the same as a modern car :) a bucket of warm soapy water and a big sponge :) and then a coat of wax afterwards :)
***** ok thank you :)
Never knew how hectic it was to maintain or operate, great to know though, if i ever thought on getting one, wouldn't mind a Model T though.
Learned a lot. Thank you.
That would be fun at minus 40 and a foot of snow.
Not sure I would want to be driving at all in those conditions lol
The old timers were tough as nails.
Rather have this jack than the scissor jack that comes with modern cars.
can you do a video on how to change a tier
I would, but I don't have the proper safety gear to change a tyre on a demountable split rim :(
Thanks for that😅😅
Hola amigo, me gustó el video, podrías traducirlo al castellano?
Where is the jack stored in the car?
In my Model T, it's kept in the storage compartment under the back seat, along with all the other original tools I have.
Привет тебе из России
Привет из Австралии ... Greetings from Australia :)