Taking a 93-Year-Old Truck To The Dealer For Service!
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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.
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.
watched a video about a 1960s vintage car.
RUclips algorithm: Wanna watch a video about an even older Ford pickup?
Netflix "algorithm": wanna watch Bollywood?
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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
Thanks, Ray, for being such a great star for this video!
"We can die like men"...very profound Tommy🤣
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
I love that Brighton Ford would work on something so old.
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.
13:37 I'm fairly certain that's an updraft carburettor.
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
I love Ray! He looks good behind the wheel
That’s not an oil leak that’s rust proofing 😂😂😂
Meanwhile my GM dealer refuses to work on my 90s chevy truck because its too old.
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Beautiful trick, love vehicles from 1910 to 1940.
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'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.
Oldest car I regularly drive is a 1947 ford, which is definitely a hell of a lot different from my modern vehicles.
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.
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 ...
Ray is always the star of the show. What a great guy and for you guys putting him behind the wheel.
Ray's a hoot! I'd love to have that "A" to drive around town.
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.
Supposedly the last year for the wood bed was 1987.
This car should have a working windshield wiper, though it might be vacuum driven...
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.
Great video, I love these classic cars.
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.
@@Stackali those things are NOT different in europe you know, truck has to have trailer to become different license category, pickups/medium haulers arent excempt from regular car license that includes everything with steering wheel and above lawnmower sized engine, anything with tinier engine and going below 30mph is "moped license" despite looking like cars sometimes and if you were born before '94 you dont need even that!
@@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.
@@HrLBolle yeah if its not filled with steel its gonna be less than that limit in any "truck" sized thing
Double clutching or floating of the gears is just another day on the job for a truck driver.
With linkage brakes, any play can reduce stopping ability. Replace or tighten any loose linkage.
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.
That truck is sweet!
Mechanic sounds like Cleveland from Family Guy half the time 😂
That dropped Toyota pickup is epic.
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.
Ray still gets his hands dirty instead of using gloves
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!
Rays the cats asZ ! and the Old Ford.... Awesome ! Great video TFL !
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.
This was a cool 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
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.
Rays awesome should be a regular
Y'all gotta learn now to double clutch those shifts boys....
Awesome hilarious vlog bros. ❤ the enthusiasm and laughter is incredible
Thank you so much 😁
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.
I drive a 1971 fiat 500 classic and i have to double clutch as well when shifting down 😂
Tommy, to downshift w/o synchromesh drop your rpm to 1800 and it will drop right in to the lower gear.
You need to find an old Marine Mechanic like my grandfather was. They can fix anything!
No way we got a sequel 💀💀
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.
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.
Awesome
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
What a BEAUTYYYY!!!!!!!
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.
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.
Another great video guys. Very cool old model A.
Ineos Grenadier @ 32:59 super cool looking
You can use the overdrive in 2nd and that would be a good thing to do in some cases
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.
That little tiny exhaust is just the same size as in my car.
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.
5:45 anyone else notice that their right blinker was active for a couple minutes? lol
Would the new oil leak more, being that it's higher quality and I would assume thinner and more refined then the old stuff.
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 to make fun of a mecanic in education in Germany: If you unscrew the oil nut, a black rod falls out which you have to catch!
Ray is a bit of a nerdy tech, but that's exactly who I'd want servicing my car (Maverick in this case).
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.
Is that TFL's old Grenadier on the Ford lot?
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.
still rather have that fords four banger then the 8-6-4 engines they have today they still cant them right
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.
I wanted to see you ask about an extended warranty. See his reaction 😂
What you have there is a past failed idea trailering a past successful one. Enjoyed the video
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.
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.
I thought that you were going to have the brakes registered and, maybe, some gaskets installed...
All the oil leaking is just rust protection!
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.
Still looks better than sybertruck . Take it to Black Bear Pass sm😊
And I assume something as simple as going to the dealer needs to be a 35 minute video. Right?
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!
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?
He sounds like Mr. Rogers
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....
No oil filter??
I figured these engines would be designed for 60 weight or some kind of heavier oil.
You guys should contact Paul shin. He has a utube channel about model A care .
This man really wants to be Doug DeMuro, but alas, he’s just a weird doppelgänger
Blinker left on
Obviously this video is very watchable while the truck is hardly driveable...
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.
Dude ,it has a rope seal in the front and rear
Either the car or the bumper is crooked fellas...
On vehicles that old, part fitment was pretty poor. Customers just didn't care that much. The important part was whether or not the vehicle ran and could be driven.
tha battery comes out from the inside
12:53 Speedometer
Another banger upload🎉