After 13 months, finally took the 27 T down the road. Ran good. I'll have to do something about the front end wheel hop over bumps. But all in all, I made it home and didn't have to use the fire extinguisher The only disappointment other than the wheel hop are the number of people that call it rodent names. Maybe some paint next year might help that...
Great job! I know exactly how you feel right now! Buddy of mine is building a bucket like yours too...
Great rod - no rodent names attached. Just had the same experience myself. I can definitely relate. Also - one of my favorite Springsteen lines. Give em Hell!
Very cool! Did you jump at every rattle and squeek? I'm still chasing them down Did the flatty stay nice and cool? Flatman
Rattles, and squeaks weren't bad. Just a couple times seeing that front tire bouncing that scared me. As far as staying cool, I'm ashamed to admit after 4 grand on a rebuild, I drove it without buying guages yet. Seemd fine though
That's a good question. They were at 28, but that was a while ago. I'm concerned about my used lever shocks. My rear ones seems to work really well, but the one's on the front (which I've mounted upside down) don't seem to do much.
nice ride, will always be something to figure out - trusting soul not to have gauges for engine hooked up when you first started engine.
Your lever arm shocks may or may not be working and mounting thme upside down may or may not be a bad idea.
I think you may or may not be right. They aren't rebuilt. I just filled them with oil. I'm somewhat suspicous that lever shocks don't work upside down. They just mounted up so nice that way.
I'm sure by trusting, you mean stupid. I had a good view of my overflow, so I wasn't worried. I might stick a cheap temp guage in just for now, until I find something nice to match my old SW speedo
You might also check front axle caster as that can also affect front wheel hop a lot Yours in the Hobby, Dave Walton - W7CAR
I would unhook one of your shock links so you can cycle the shock up and down to see if the shock has enough drag to properly dampen the suspension. If it hops over bumps, that is most likely the problem.
Shaun: Are you running a monoleaf front spring by chance? (sounds like a dampening problem, but my son's monoleaf did that on his '27. Good 7-leaf flattened stack did the trick. He also tossed the Monoleaves off the front of his '55 F100, same reason.
Nifty looking little T. You might want to look into the shock thing and see if they will indeed work upside own or you will have to swap them side to side or change to something else. I had pretty much the same shocks on my T bucket 35 years ago and I don't think that they worked all that well right side up but they looked right on the car. Some of these guys would have a heart attack and fall in it if they knew how many miles I have driven a couple of cars (51 Merc for one) without a working gauge in them including the speedometer. The 48 always had an oil pressure and temp gauge though. On a fresh engine gauges are a pretty nice thing to have though but we seem to subscribe to the same theory in that if the radiator isn't puking water the engine isn't hot. We have pieces out here that we have been saving for years to build my son a similar car except that it would have a 55 Desoto Hemi instead of the flathead. Still way back off the back burner as far as projects go though.
That's a real good idea, and you might even pull one off and try it out on the bench to see what happens when you flip it over. Check the caster too like W7car said as 35 years later I think that may have caused a similar issue with my T. And are the tires balanced? Even little tires need to be balanced correctly.
Well, after two successful road tests, the fan bearing siezed solid. Guess I'm on the hunt for a replacement...
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