TECHNICAL REPORT: New technical tips are posted in each Quail Call
TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
BUILDING A
LEAKLESS MODEL A WATER PUMP
Are you tired of greasing your water pump or cleaning
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2. Keep battery top clean and dry. (Use
solution of water and baking soda) Use
caution not to get solution into cells. A
dirty battery top can cause current loss.
3. Clean battery posts and cables with
suitable cleaner. Install
anti-corrosive pad under cable ends, or grease over top of cable ends. Do not
strike battery posts or cables with a hammer or severe damage can result.
If cable is stuck to post, use a suitable puller.
4. Inspect for proper battery hold down
installation. Make sure hold down is
clean and securely tightened. An
excessively tightened clamp can crack or damage a battery case.
A loose battery can be damaged by harsh movement within the battery
carrier.
5. Check electrolyte level at least once a
month. If battery uses an excessive
amount of water, the charging rate will cause corroded cables, premature battery
and light bulb failure.
6. If a battery becomes discharger, it is
best to recharge it with a slow (trickle) charge for at least 12 hours, when
possible. NOTE:
Be Sure charger is unplugged for power source before connecting or
disconnecting from battery to avoid any chance of sparks.
7. A well tuned engine, a good starting and charging system will help the
battery last to its maximum life expectancy
Reprinted from March 1993 Quail Call written by Jack Rabell
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FUEL
FILTER PATENT:
Last month was the end of the series on the patent numbers that appear on the firewall patent date plate. Hope I peaked your interest and satisfied your curiosity. I have one more patent article I found originally published in “Ford Dealer & Service Field and subsequently in Nov/Dec 1993 RESTORER. Patent number 1,629,493 was granted to Henry Ford on July 10, 1928. (application filed February 14, 1927). Henry states “The object of my invention is to provide a fuel filtering screen of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction; to provide a fuel filtering screen of especially adapted for use in connection with automotive vehicles, and having a minimum number of parts, and which may be conveniently and readily installed, removed and replaced; to provide a fuel filtering screen which will allow free filtering through of as much or more fuel than will be allowed to enter the screen by a fuel nozzle placed in the fuel tank; to provide in combination with my filtering screen a protecting guard which will prevent the fuel nozzle from rupturing the screen when being inserted or taken out of the fuel tank; to provide in combination with my filtering screen a guard which will allow free movement of the fuel through it, and which will hold the screen in position and present a minimum of contact surface between it and the screen so as to allow minimum area of the screen to be used for filtering the fuel; to provide a filter screen which is so constructed and installed that will prevent a flame, originated outside of the fuel tank, from entering the tank, thereby preventing the probability of damage from a possible explosion of the fuel tank”.
MODEL A TOOL KIT
By Arlyn Bieber
When
introduced in late 1927 each Model A Ford sold was equipped with a 14-piece tool
kit. The tool kit consisted of an oil can, grease gun, tool bag, adjustable
wrench, sparkplug and cylinder head wrench, two open end wrenches, screwdriver,
pliers, jack and handle, tire iron, tire pump, crank, and owner’s manual.
In May of 1928 the oil can was deleted so after that date the tool kit
consisted of 13 pieces. As with many
of the parts for the Model A, changes were also made in the tools with at least
14 different Companies manufacturing the tools.
For example, at the introduction of the Model A, it was a Ford
engineering requirement that all steel tools have the Ford script
identification. This requirement was deleted in April 1928 but brought back in
November 1931. For some reason the
jack, grease gun and screwdriver never had a Ford script.
The tire pump Ford script was deleted in April 1928 but did not return in
November 1931 like many of the other script tools.
The early tools had just the Ford script but when the script returned in
November 1931, it was followed by “USA” making it read “Ford USA”.
Many of the wrenches we see today have the “Ford USA” probably
because this designation was used until 1940 so millions of these wrenches were
produced after the Model A era making them quite plentiful.
Finding the proper wrench with just the Ford script or no Ford script can
be quite a challenge.
Come
to the June 13 meeting to see examples of these tools and learn about the
various tool changes that took place during the Model A production years.