If I were a dealer I would love to service a 93 year old vehicle. Imagine it sitting in the bay and telling other customers, “See, if you keep your maintenance up, these Fords last forever.” 😃
I bought a 54 Dodge, and I called Dodge to ask them what kind of gear oil it took and they put me on hold for 40 minutes exact, and then they told me that they went through their records and there paper records but there records don’t go back that far and that they couldn’t help me, and what I thought was really funny was when I told him it was a 1954 Dodge, and then it was silent for a minute and then he said, did you just say 1954? But even though they couldn’t help me it was still funny
My dad didn't understand me when i ask him, do the New car dealer ship still service old cars. Im' mean older model cars with no rust at all!😂🤣 and they my dad responded, Nope! Throw your car away if its' old! Lol. 😅😆
Since the trans is of Cut-Gear construction, one needs to master "Double De-Clutching". Simply put when shift up, or down one will depress the clutch and move the shifter to neutral and release the clutch. then re-press the clutch and shift to the desired gear and release the clutch to engage that gear. This method will cause the gears of the transmission to come into "Synchronicity' thus makes shifting easier without crashing/grinding said gears together.
Very cool. I worked in a dealership and tge owner had a Model A in the showroom that he would start when asked. It is incredible that a vehicle that old still runs. A testament to what they were able to accomplish when the automotive industry was still in its infancy
I learned to drive on a 1967 Chevy Biscayne, three on the tree. I cant count the times i stalled the car with my dad sitting in the passenger seat wiping smiles off his face. But i did learn and am still driving a stick now, a 2012 Honda Fit. Love the control.
thats funny as I learned to drive on a 1970 ford 100 pu truck an when i stalled the truck an came within inchs of stopping or hitting our then home all i seen my dad do was get a few more grey hairs lol
I had a 63 Ford Falcon which had a three on the tree. That car was what I learned to drive a stick shift on. I also remember having to push start it and jumping in it to pop the clutch. Those were some fun days.
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Admittedly I have not owned a Model A since 1988, but it seems to me that you are a bit short of power on that truck. My 1930 Model A Truck (and 1930 Model A Deluxe Roadster) would accelerate relatively quickly (20 to 25 seconds or so) to 45 mph and would stay there all day comfortably. If given enough time, it would top out around 53 or 54 mph but was not happy going that fast and would not stay there very long. Although the car was never happy, I could maintain 50mph for a good bit of time. I did not have a two speed rear end and was in a totally stock configuration (except it had a period manifold heater on the roadster). My cars were both in excellent mechanical condition, but the truck was nowhere near as pretty as yours (the roadster held its own). Brakes were of course an issue. If properly maintained and adjusted, the weak link was the tires not the brakes, but stopping distance left a bit to be desired. Oil and fuel leaks were the norm, just like yours. Definitely thinking about another Model A when I retire in a few years.
My dad's first post-WWII car was a Model A Fordor Sedan, except as he first got it two of the four doors were missing, the driver side front and the passenger side rear. Your video answered a long standing question this 81 year old has had about that car. Dad hit a lifted concrete highway segment at speed that caused 6 year old me in the far back seat to hit the roof of the car. All these years since, I just thought that the shocks were also missing from that car that spent the war years up on jack stands in a farmers yard as a source of spare parts. Now I know it never had any shocks. Before the war dad had had a newer Ford, but with no kids he could afford that more modern car, so that first family drive in the "A" taught him a lesson too. I should mention that it was also missing the front seat bottom, so dad sat on an upturned apple crate while mom rode seated on an orange crate. we two kids were ordered to sit as far to the left in the back seat as we could for that drive. Dad found replacement doors and a front seat before we went on a family Sunday drive again.
To avoid crunching, you need to use double clutch release with re-gearing since there are no synchronizers in the gearbox. If I were in the US, I would teach you.
The answer for changing rear spark plugs on a transverse V6 is usually at least 50% swearing with the remainder being tool selection and if need be customization.
I had a 50 year old Ford truck break down less than 2 miles from a Ford dealer, so I had the truck towed to the dealership for repair. When I picked up the truck, the service manager told me to never bring it to the dealership again....his technicians didn't know how to repair it, and he had to call in a retired technician to make the repair which lasted less than 17 miles before the original problem caused the truck to break down again. If it doesn't have a computer, today's techs have no idea where to start.
My favorite part was when the mechanic got to drive! You know he’s one person who could really appreciate and get real joy 😍 out of driving that cool old jalopy!! 🥳🥳🥳👍🌷
The max line is there for a reason.. fill oil to max, run the car.. then check again and fill to max. Overfilling can be just as bad as under filling. you don't want the oil stired by the crank and foam up, which can cause oil starvation.
I'm turning 37 next month and my dad taught me how to drive a manual when I was 14. There was one time I went to a CarMax to check out some vehicles and 2 of them were manuals, the first was a VW Jetta and the other was a Mazda 3 sport, they have a policy where the employees have to drive the cars to a gate and then switch seats with the customers. The girl that was helping me had never driven a manual before helping me and I'm the Jetta, I was attempting to teach her, but she wasn't able to figure it out and almost hit the vehicle right by it as a result. Instead of me taking over, she has to go inside to find another coworker who knew how to drive a manual to bring it around for me to then drive. The Mazda was the last car I drove that day and she was in the back seat and she was saying how another VW I drove seemed to be what I enjoyed the most and when she said that, I was at a stop light and turned to her saying "I just haven't opened this up yet" and right after that I spun the tires and she found that to be the coolest thing ever.
normal interval on full synthetic is 5000-6000 miles. and i don't care what the computer in the vehicle thinks or what the bottle says. thats when i'm changing it. oil is cheaper than a new engine.
Actually, the model A needs 0.001 of an inch bearing clearance. They were made to a high standard. And the bolts in the rear axle? Very slight taper, not pipe thread though. To reduce leaks.
some older engines require non detergent oils...the sludge actually takes up slop in those old motors...you all of a sudden put high detergent modern oil in there and then your engine leaks and rattles...and at worse, the newly liberated sludge clogs your oil passages and starves your bearings...in theory of course.
@@JanyaAndromedaGalactic keep the weight limitations in mind as the German (and European?) class B Drivers License top out at about 3.5 tons so a truck like a F 350 might be pushing the limit on the base line model. Not a problem for me personally as I'm licensed to drive every thing with 4 or more wheels and a regular maximum weight of 44 tons (if I was driving oversea Container Transfers)
From what I've looked up, about 18% of people in the US can drive a manual. It's to a point where many young drivers here don't even understand the difference, because they've never been around one.
@@JanyaAndromedaGalactic After a quick Google search, it seems that virtually every model above the F 250 range, unloaded, is almost too heavy to be practically used with the current Class B, which means purchasing Class C1 (trucks up to 7.5 tonnes and roughly costs around 3-5k for all costs involved). The maximum weight limit for Class B is to be raised to 4.25 tonnes according to an EU regulation and the driver's license is to be supplemented with Class B+. But that still makes the F 450 and above too heavy for the "revised" regular Class B+ car license. We'll leave aside the problems of the general dimensions (width x height x length) of these vehicles here
It would be much more interesting to take a vehicle to be serviced during it's entire lifetime, that's what I plan to do with my one-owner Tacoma, but this Ford was built during a time when there weren't many places to be serviced, and you were handed a manual on how to fix your own vehicle when you bought it.
Reminds me of when I put a water pump in my Dakota truck and discovered in the middle of the job one 19mm nut was used at a mount surface. I rode Japanese dirt bikes as a kid, so I had plenty of both metric and standard laying around, but it threw me off for a minute. I am glad I learned of the new vehicles going metric from this vid. I will hold off buying more standard in sets anyway.
@@jamesengland7461 One would think so, but mine were not fitting in the way I needed them to. 19mm fit enough to turn it. Some in the mechanic's forums mentioned the similar issue they had as well doing that job. Couldn't even fit a socket in there. Had to be a spanner.
@@YouMatter-UDo 19mm + .002" = 3/4 inch...barely imperceptible difference that only a high precision micrometer would show...3/4 would be imperceptibly larger and would easily fit on a 19mm bolt...maybe your wrench was faulty?... i always use 3/4 for 19mm, 1/2" for 13mm, 14mm for 9/16 and 16mm for 5/8 as they fit better...11mm also fits better on 7/16 as it is .004 tighter.
@@michelle-lz8tg I am experienced with such things. The wrenches did not fit, but were useful for other jobs where their size was needed. Not a big deal. The job is long done. Hopefully, the other mechanics got the wrenches they needed too that were discussing this in the forums.
What a beautiful truck! Me being so anal about keeping every car/truck I have ever owned clean as a whistle, I would have freaked out when he drove onto the dirt road 😮😳🤨😎. Excellent video.
There's a big difference between motor oil made in the 1930s versus motor oil made now. One big difference is that motor oil doesn't turn to sludge nowadays. Synthetic oil is more likely to evaporate than clump up.
40 HP isn't that bad. I recently tested a micro EV with 13 kW (17.5 hp) it was a fun car to drive. Branded as Ace P1 in Norway, based on the BAW Pony. I'm actually planning to get an Aixam micro EV, 6kW (8,15hp),
Manufacturers should make every dealer in their network service their legacy models without exception. It is testament to the brand’s legacy, it’s good customer relations, it displays the product’s durability to other customers and employees while servicing them in the service bays. Seeing an old car up on the lift next to a new one sends an important message that shows the maker still cares about its products and customers. The first and oldest car company in the world is Daimler Benz. If Mercedes Benz has a division dedicated to older models, then other brands worth their salt should have something equivalent. It’s not about the products. It’s about the brand.
Unless the manufacturers are going to insure the dealerships themselves, that's never going to happen. There's too much liability in servicing these old vehicles. Especially one that may have been restored improperly.
Wanna start chaos in a mechanic shop? Take all the 10mm sockets and watch the place melt down Honestly, I lived through the "retro era" when they were making new cars look kind of like a throw back to older cars like the PT cruisers and such. I wish they'd actually make new vehicles that looked like these old fords and stuff. Basically new modern vehicle with old body styles.
The passenger car models of the model a like the tudor and coupe etc. have more cabin space than the trucks do. The brakes are an expanding type not a caliper.
Until the invention of the Crew Cab, nearly every car had more cabin space than a truck..... Drum brakes are always "expanding type". There's no drum brake system that uses a caliper that I'm aware of.
The first car I owned was a 1931 Ford Model A pickup truck. I bought it in 1962 for $325. It did not have OverDrive. Also, it was black. Was your truck originally black, or that red color?
the only standard sizes that don't really interchange with metric are 3/8 and 11/16 everything else automotive from 5/16 to 1-1/16 have an interchange option.
The classic maintenance videos are always fun to watch. Such wonderful content. Question about a month ago there was a wildfire near the ranch. Is everything safe hopefully nothing was destroyed.
Aftermarket air filters became common. Engines wore out quickly in dusty areas if you didn’t add a filter. My grandpa bought a 28 Model A brand new and it needed a rebore and oversized pistons at 30,000 miles.
Other than having to deal with the Babbitt bearings and the fact that in SWFL it’s unbearable without AC, I think I could live with this on a daily basis. I’m going to try with a 60+ year old vehicle, soon.
Never follow what the manufacturer says. They are in the business of selling cars. If you want to know the truth, find a Military mechanic with over ten years of experience. They have done and seen it all on base!
There was the chigger recall on the early ones. The story goes that parts were shipped in cypress wood crates with spanish moss used as packing material. In an effort to cut down on waste the cypress was used for dashes and the spanish moss used as seat stuffing. Well chiggers hitched a ride in the spanish moss. Customers were getting bug bites whenever they drove their T's and it got bad enough that Ford issued their first recall to replace the seats.
Let me tell you the difference.....this one you can work on and fix yourself, easy and cheap to maintain, nothing much to ever go wrong, and holds its value. The new one....complete opposite and when the electronics go just buy another one because it cost more to fix then buy a new one.
@@jamesengland7461 Not with the rate that manufacturers discontinue parts. I bought a 2014 Dodge Dart. By 2021, it was already difficult to find most parts for. When the infotainment system started having issues, the Dodge parts department recommended getting rid of it because everything I needed was discontinued.
If I were a dealer I would love to service a 93 year old vehicle.
Imagine it sitting in the bay and telling other customers, “See, if you keep your maintenance up, these Fords last forever.” 😃
word of mouth the best
I bought a 54 Dodge, and I called Dodge to ask them what kind of gear oil it took and they put me on hold for 40 minutes exact, and then they told me that they went through their records and there paper records but there records don’t go back that far and that they couldn’t help me, and what I thought was really funny was when I told him it was a 1954 Dodge, and then it was silent for a minute and then he said, did you just say 1954? But even though they couldn’t help me it was still funny
My dad didn't understand me when i ask him, do the New car dealer ship still service old cars. Im' mean older model cars with no rust at all!😂🤣 and they my dad responded, Nope! Throw your car away if its' old! Lol. 😅😆
they sure built them different back then
Well, the new 5.0 might last if you take care of it but small displacement turbo motors, I doubt they will be around in 100 years.
A Ford dealer should always be honored to service a car that has made it this far in life.
I'd say that _any_ dealer of any brand should be honored. But especially if it's their own badge name on the car, of course.
Most dealers won't service a vehicle that old due to liability. There is a LOT of liability involved with servicing an antique vehicle.
Just like porche.... But cheaper
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@@aaronthomas6155Not if it's done right! Their just upset cause they can't cut corners on this one!(yet charge full price)
Modern construction equipment is still greased manually. I operated a 2024 excavator that has over 20 zerk fittings for lubing with a grease gun.
Yes, the same in agriculture.
Same for tracked armored vehicles
Same thing for semi trucks.
They are meant last. cars not so much
In my limited experience, most semi trucks have somewhere around thirty grease fittings, some more.
Since the trans is of Cut-Gear construction, one needs to master "Double De-Clutching". Simply put when shift up, or down one will depress the clutch and move the shifter to neutral and release the clutch. then re-press the clutch and shift to the desired gear and release the clutch to engage that gear. This method will cause the gears of the transmission to come into "Synchronicity' thus makes shifting easier without crashing/grinding said gears together.
Very cool. I worked in a dealership and tge owner had a Model A in the showroom that he would start when asked. It is incredible that a vehicle that old still runs. A testament to what they were able to accomplish when the automotive industry was still in its infancy
We have a nearly all original 1949 F1 sitting in our showroom as well as both a Model A and Model T
Now a days some cars will come with an automatic sunroof, that’s behind a few thousand dollar paywall
I learned to drive on a 1967 Chevy Biscayne, three on the tree. I cant count the times i stalled the car with my dad sitting in the passenger seat wiping smiles off his face. But i did learn and am still driving a stick now, a 2012 Honda Fit. Love the control.
thats funny as I learned to drive on a 1970 ford 100 pu truck an when i stalled the truck an came within inchs of stopping or hitting our then home all i seen my dad do was get a few more grey hairs lol
I learned to drive stick in a 2008 sonata. 2nd and 4th gear had bad synchros, so I had to learn to revmatch early on
I had a 63 Ford Falcon which had a three on the tree. That car was what I learned to drive a stick shift on.
I also remember having to push start it and jumping in it to pop the clutch. Those were some fun days.
Thanks, Ray, for being such a great star for this video!
watched a video about a 1960s vintage car.
RUclips algorithm: Wanna watch a video about an even older Ford pickup?
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I love that Brighton Ford would work on something so old.
Ray is such a good sport and a great find by TFL!
That is a great old truck. These are such fun videos. Thanks guys
Ray is always the star of the show. What a great guy and for you guys putting him behind the wheel.
"We can die like men"...very profound Tommy🤣
I love Ray! He looks good behind the wheel
Admittedly I have not owned a Model A since 1988, but it seems to me that you are a bit short of power on that truck. My 1930 Model A Truck (and 1930 Model A Deluxe Roadster) would accelerate relatively quickly (20 to 25 seconds or so) to 45 mph and would stay there all day comfortably. If given enough time, it would top out around 53 or 54 mph but was not happy going that fast and would not stay there very long. Although the car was never happy, I could maintain 50mph for a good bit of time. I did not have a two speed rear end and was in a totally stock configuration (except it had a period manifold heater on the roadster). My cars were both in excellent mechanical condition, but the truck was nowhere near as pretty as yours (the roadster held its own).
Brakes were of course an issue. If properly maintained and adjusted, the weak link was the tires not the brakes, but stopping distance left a bit to be desired.
Oil and fuel leaks were the norm, just like yours.
Definitely thinking about another Model A when I retire in a few years.
My dad's first post-WWII car was a Model A Fordor Sedan, except as he first got it two of the four doors were missing, the driver side front and the passenger side rear. Your video answered a long standing question this 81 year old has had about that car. Dad hit a lifted concrete highway segment at speed that caused 6 year old me in the far back seat to hit the roof of the car. All these years since, I just thought that the shocks were also missing from that car that spent the war years up on jack stands in a farmers yard as a source of spare parts.
Now I know it never had any shocks. Before the war dad had had a newer Ford, but with no kids he could afford that more modern car, so that first family drive in the "A" taught him a lesson too. I should mention that it was also missing the front seat bottom, so dad sat on an upturned apple crate while mom rode seated on an orange crate. we two kids were ordered to sit as far to the left in the back seat as we could for that drive. Dad found replacement doors and a front seat before we went on a family Sunday drive again.
To avoid crunching, you need to use double clutch release with re-gearing since there are no synchronizers in the gearbox. If I were in the US, I would teach you.
13:37 I'm fairly certain that's an updraft carburettor.
Meanwhile my GM dealer refuses to work on my 90s chevy truck because its too old.
😂😆
Oldest car I regularly drive is a 1947 ford, which is definitely a hell of a lot different from my modern vehicles.
Beautiful trick, love vehicles from 1910 to 1940.
Such a nice looking old vehicle
It’s good nobody dropped a V-8 in it. Hot Rods are fun but we should keep some original.
The answer for changing rear spark plugs on a transverse V6 is usually at least 50% swearing with the remainder being tool selection and if need be customization.
Depends on the engine. A lot of the newer engines require the plenum chamber to be removed to access the plugs.
Ray is such a nice guy, if he agrees it would be nice if he show us his car collection.
I had a 50 year old Ford truck break down less than 2 miles from a Ford dealer, so I had the truck towed to the dealership for repair. When I picked up the truck, the service manager told me to never bring it to the dealership again....his technicians didn't know how to repair it, and he had to call in a retired technician to make the repair which lasted less than 17 miles before the original problem caused the truck to break down again. If it doesn't have a computer, today's techs have no idea where to start.
My favorite part was when the mechanic got to drive! You know he’s one person who could really appreciate and get real joy 😍 out of driving that cool old jalopy!! 🥳🥳🥳👍🌷
Ray's a hoot! I'd love to have that "A" to drive around town.
My grandfather was apprenticed with Morris Garages in the UK in the 1930's. He always put oil in his cars to above the max level.
The max line is there for a reason.. fill oil to max, run the car.. then check again and fill to max. Overfilling can be just as bad as under filling. you don't want the oil stired by the crank and foam up, which can cause oil starvation.
@@TedSchoenling Modern cars I agree. But with old cars that leaked oil ...
That’s not an oil leak that’s rust proofing 😂😂😂
6:19 what an amazing sound.
I'm turning 37 next month and my dad taught me how to drive a manual when I was 14. There was one time I went to a CarMax to check out some vehicles and 2 of them were manuals, the first was a VW Jetta and the other was a Mazda 3 sport, they have a policy where the employees have to drive the cars to a gate and then switch seats with the customers. The girl that was helping me had never driven a manual before helping me and I'm the Jetta, I was attempting to teach her, but she wasn't able to figure it out and almost hit the vehicle right by it as a result. Instead of me taking over, she has to go inside to find another coworker who knew how to drive a manual to bring it around for me to then drive. The Mazda was the last car I drove that day and she was in the back seat and she was saying how another VW I drove seemed to be what I enjoyed the most and when she said that, I was at a stop light and turned to her saying "I just haven't opened this up yet" and right after that I spun the tires and she found that to be the coolest thing ever.
11:10 The Waltons... that's exactly where my mind goes every time I see an old A or T. You're the man, Ray!
I don't think tommy had a clue wat "The Waltons" was!
normal interval on full synthetic is 5000-6000 miles. and i don't care what the computer in the vehicle thinks or what the bottle says. thats when i'm changing it. oil is cheaper than a new engine.
Tommy, to downshift w/o synchromesh drop your rpm to 1800 and it will drop right in to the lower gear.
Supposedly the last year for the wood bed was 1987.
Great video, I love these classic cars.
Actually, the model A needs 0.001 of an inch bearing clearance. They were made to a high standard.
And the bolts in the rear axle? Very slight taper, not pipe thread though. To reduce leaks.
Double clutching or floating of the gears is just another day on the job for a truck driver.
Damn seeing that he going from Model A to Ford Mach E do take out the battery woah he def been in the game lol he can work on basically anything
Ray is a bit of a nerdy tech, but that's exactly who I'd want servicing my car (Maverick in this case).
With linkage brakes, any play can reduce stopping ability. Replace or tighten any loose linkage.
some older engines require non detergent oils...the sludge actually takes up slop in those old motors...you all of a sudden put high detergent modern oil in there and then your engine leaks and rattles...and at worse, the newly liberated sludge clogs your oil passages and starves your bearings...in theory of course.
This car should have a working windshield wiper, though it might be vacuum driven...
That truck is sweet!
We in Europe learn how to drive almost exclusively on manual
we in the US get to drive automatic and manual with the same license. and we can drive a small compact and big truck/suv with the same license.
@@JanyaAndromedaGalactic keep the weight limitations in mind as the German (and European?) class B Drivers License top out at about 3.5 tons so a truck like a F 350 might be pushing the limit on the base line model.
Not a problem for me personally as I'm licensed to drive every thing with 4 or more wheels and a regular maximum weight of 44 tons (if I was driving oversea Container Transfers)
From what I've looked up, about 18% of people in the US can drive a manual. It's to a point where many young drivers here don't even understand the difference, because they've never been around one.
@@JanyaAndromedaGalactic
After a quick Google search, it seems that virtually every model above the F 250 range, unloaded, is almost too heavy to be practically used with the current Class B, which means purchasing Class C1 (trucks up to 7.5 tonnes and roughly costs around 3-5k for all costs involved).
The maximum weight limit for Class B is to be raised to 4.25 tonnes according to an EU regulation and the driver's license is to be supplemented with Class B+.
But that still makes the F 450 and above too heavy for the "revised" regular Class B+ car license.
We'll leave aside the problems of the general dimensions (width x height x length) of these vehicles here
Yea because eUrOpe is ONE big country where EVERYTHING is done the same right?? smh
Rays the cats asZ ! and the Old Ford.... Awesome ! Great video TFL !
My modern car has similar horsepower to the old Ford, I have 78 horsepower. I kind of want to try to drive one of these, sounds fun!
Everything looks so new on the car 😮
It would be much more interesting to take a vehicle to be serviced during it's entire lifetime, that's what I plan to do with my one-owner Tacoma, but this Ford was built during a time when there weren't many places to be serviced, and you were handed a manual on how to fix your own vehicle when you bought it.
You need to find an old Marine Mechanic like my grandfather was. They can fix anything!
Reminds me of when I put a water pump in my Dakota truck and discovered in the middle of the job one 19mm nut was used at a mount surface. I rode Japanese dirt bikes as a kid, so I had plenty of both metric and standard laying around, but it threw me off for a minute. I am glad I learned of the new vehicles going metric from this vid. I will hold off buying more standard in sets anyway.
19mm is also 3/4" 😂
@@jamesengland7461 One would think so, but mine were not fitting in the way I needed them to. 19mm fit enough to turn it. Some in the mechanic's forums mentioned the similar issue they had as well doing that job. Couldn't even fit a socket in there. Had to be a spanner.
@@YouMatter-UDo 19mm + .002" = 3/4 inch...barely imperceptible difference that only a high precision micrometer would show...3/4 would be imperceptibly larger and would easily fit on a 19mm bolt...maybe your wrench was faulty?... i always use 3/4 for 19mm, 1/2" for 13mm, 14mm for 9/16 and 16mm for 5/8 as they fit better...11mm also fits better on 7/16 as it is .004 tighter.
@@michelle-lz8tg I am experienced with such things. The wrenches did not fit, but were useful for other jobs where their size was needed. Not a big deal. The job is long done. Hopefully, the other mechanics got the wrenches they needed too that were discussing this in the forums.
That dropped Toyota pickup is epic.
This was a cool video!
What a beautiful truck! Me being so anal about keeping every car/truck I have ever owned clean as a whistle, I would have freaked out when he drove onto the dirt road 😮😳🤨😎. Excellent video.
its not hard to shift , just shift slowly. sode it have a Mitchel overdrive? you can split second and therd gear, it makes it easyer
There's a big difference between motor oil made in the 1930s versus motor oil made now.
One big difference is that motor oil doesn't turn to sludge nowadays. Synthetic oil is more likely to evaporate than clump up.
Ray still gets his hands dirty instead of using gloves
Another great video guys. Very cool old model A.
I drive a 1967 VW bus, it has a 40 hp engine, too. 😊
40 HP isn't that bad.
I recently tested a micro EV with 13 kW (17.5 hp) it was a fun car to drive. Branded as Ace P1 in Norway, based on the BAW Pony.
I'm actually planning to get an Aixam micro EV, 6kW (8,15hp),
Ha I met a Canadian using a Lightning to tow, he turned a six hour trip into a three day trip. I'd rather take the Model A.
It didn't require 3 days.
Manufacturers should make every dealer in their network service their legacy models without exception. It is testament to the brand’s legacy, it’s good customer relations, it displays the product’s durability to other customers and employees while servicing them in the service bays. Seeing an old car up on the lift next to a new one sends an important message that shows the maker still cares about its products and customers. The first and oldest car company in the world is Daimler Benz. If Mercedes Benz has a division dedicated to older models, then other brands worth their salt should have something equivalent. It’s not about the products. It’s about the brand.
Unless the manufacturers are going to insure the dealerships themselves, that's never going to happen. There's too much liability in servicing these old vehicles. Especially one that may have been restored improperly.
You can use the overdrive in 2nd and that would be a good thing to do in some cases
I drive a 1971 fiat 500 classic and i have to double clutch as well when shifting down 😂
Wanna start chaos in a mechanic shop? Take all the 10mm sockets and watch the place melt down
Honestly, I lived through the "retro era" when they were making new cars look kind of like a throw back to older cars like the PT cruisers and such. I wish they'd actually make new vehicles that looked like these old fords and stuff. Basically new modern vehicle with old body styles.
Y'all gotta learn now to double clutch those shifts boys....
The passenger car models of the model a like the tudor and coupe etc. have more cabin space than the trucks do. The brakes are an expanding type not a caliper.
Until the invention of the Crew Cab, nearly every car had more cabin space than a truck..... Drum brakes are always "expanding type". There's no drum brake system that uses a caliper that I'm aware of.
@aaronthomas6155 Yeah I agree
That little tiny exhaust is just the same size as in my car.
Awesome hilarious vlog bros. ❤ the enthusiasm and laughter is incredible
Thank you so much 😁
What a BEAUTYYYY!!!!!!!
you just made rays day
No way we got a sequel 💀💀
Ineos Grenadier @ 32:59 super cool looking
Rays awesome should be a regular
Mechanic sounds like Cleveland from Family Guy half the time 😂
5:45 anyone else notice that their right blinker was active for a couple minutes? lol
The first car I owned was a 1931 Ford Model A pickup truck. I bought it in 1962 for $325. It did not have OverDrive. Also, it was black. Was your truck originally black, or that red color?
I dont think Ford fixes manuals anymore, thats probably why.
The ford dealer I work for does fix them which is ironically in saskatoon lol
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Ford does fix manual transmissions, unless it's a "catastrophic failure", which is rare.
I thought that you were going to have the brakes registered and, maybe, some gaskets installed...
the only standard sizes that don't really interchange with metric are 3/8 and 11/16 everything else automotive from 5/16 to 1-1/16 have an interchange option.
The classic maintenance videos are always fun to watch. Such wonderful content. Question about a month ago there was a wildfire near the ranch. Is everything safe hopefully nothing was destroyed.
Awesome
lack of grease points these days makes everything die faster. best thing you can do to a new car is the drill new grease points
How that can run without an air filter?
T-34 tanks had so bad air filters at the beginning that some engines were grind to halt in a day.
Aftermarket air filters became common. Engines wore out quickly in dusty areas if you didn’t add a filter. My grandpa bought a 28 Model A brand new and it needed a rebore and oversized pistons at 30,000 miles.
@@WAPIsfortheWorld 30,000 miles wasn't nothing back then either, especially on gravel roads.
Other than having to deal with the Babbitt bearings and the fact that in SWFL it’s unbearable without AC, I think I could live with this on a daily basis. I’m going to try with a 60+ year old vehicle, soon.
In that truck, you literally open the windshield to cool off the inside of the truck....
What you have there is a past failed idea trailering a past successful one. Enjoyed the video
I wanted to see you ask about an extended warranty. See his reaction 😂
Is that TFL's old Grenadier on the Ford lot?
I figured these engines would be designed for 60 weight or some kind of heavier oil.
Never follow what the manufacturer says. They are in the business of selling cars. If you want to know the truth, find a Military mechanic with over ten years of experience. They have done and seen it all on base!
That model T is the only Ford truck there NOT needing recall work lol
There was the chigger recall on the early ones.
The story goes that parts were shipped in cypress wood crates with spanish moss used as packing material. In an effort to cut down on waste the cypress was used for dashes and the spanish moss used as seat stuffing.
Well chiggers hitched a ride in the spanish moss. Customers were getting bug bites whenever they drove their T's and it got bad enough that Ford issued their first recall to replace the seats.
8:05 The real miracle is that 07 Outback still being on the road, what a POS car, had one that was literally falling apart by the end.
Would the new oil leak more, being that it's higher quality and I would assume thinner and more refined then the old stuff.
Let me tell you the difference.....this one you can work on and fix yourself, easy and cheap to maintain, nothing much to ever go wrong, and holds its value. The new one....complete opposite and when the electronics go just buy another one because it cost more to fix then buy a new one.
Modern cars last far longer on average than they ever have before.
@@jamesengland7461 Not with the rate that manufacturers discontinue parts. I bought a 2014 Dodge Dart. By 2021, it was already difficult to find most parts for. When the infotainment system started having issues, the Dodge parts department recommended getting rid of it because everything I needed was discontinued.
still rather have that fords four banger then the 8-6-4 engines they have today they still cant them right
All the oil leaking is just rust protection!
He sounds like Mr. Rogers
Still looks better than sybertruck . Take it to Black Bear Pass sm😊
You guys should contact Paul shin. He has a utube channel about model A care .
1:17 It should leak oil.. else it means that there is no more oil in it anymore...