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Thanks guys, just wanted to let everyone know eBay seems to have solved the problem. Howard Dennis

Just found this homemade tool on the Model T Forum made from a 3/4 inch bolt, pretty neat! Howard Dennis

Antiques working randomly 5 minutes ago but 1939 and earlier seems to be okay now. Hope the "fix" lasts! Howard Dennis

I stumbled across this thread after posting a later version: http://forums.aaca.org/f169/ebay-collector-car-section-not-working-386198.html Howard Dennis

I just found this earlier thread: http://forums.aaca.org/f169/ebay-search-386097.html Nobody is concerned enough to call eBay and complain?? It may not seem like a big deal to some but I've used these two searches for at least 14 years and if they no longer work I'm done with eBay. For you sellers that don't complain, good luck on buyers finding your auction! Howard Dennis

Is anyone else having trouble finding antique cars on eBay Motors? I Click on my bookmark I've used for well over 10 years: Collector Cars. That has sections 1939 and earlier which now turns up a mix of modern junk. The other section Antiques 1925 and earlier is non functional as well. I called eBay and the tech swore up & down there was a way I could still do my old searches but he finally gave up trying and said he would call me back when he had found a way, I'm not holding my breath! If these sections are now dead I don't see any way eBay is viable for us pre-war folks?? Howard Dennis

After seeing your pictures we now know a burnt out or improperly adjusted automatic choke isn't the problem. I'm not wild about seeing that big electric fuel pump so close to the carburetor and wonder if excessive fuel pressure might not be the major problem here? Howard Dennis

Here's information on the correct choke but I bet it's not compatible with your butchered electrical system. Howard Dennis http://forums.aaca.org/f143/auto-choak-1936-dodge-330212.html

Dave, after I responded I was trying to think out the mechanic's of my answer and if it were me I eliminate the radiator from this and try to get as much hot water into the empty block as soon as possible for maximum effect. Just wondering, is your hot water heater very near your garage? Mine is in the garage and would make it easy to tap as a source of a large quantity of hot water for multiple applications to get the block as hot as possible. Just thinking out loud, your mileage may vary, Howard Dennis

Dave, I've never tried it but have heard of putting boiling water in the block can sometimes expand the cylinders just enough to let the Marvel Mystery Oil get past the rings and soak the walls. For gaskets try: http://www.olsonsgaskets.com/ Howard Dennis

Thanks Ivan, don't bother, I'll figure it out myself. Howard Dennis

It looks right in photos but I can just barely sit under the wheel and I'm sitting on bare wood with no cushion at all. Being a commercial vehicle I imagine it would not have a spring cushion but just a padded cushion like earlier horse drawn vehicles. You may be right and your measurements may be very close to what I already have and in that case I'm going to have to create something I can live with, a cross between original and something I can get in and out of. Howard Dennis

Thanks Ivan, I'm installing a wooden light delivery body that someone designed for a Model T and the seating is too close to the steering wheel. I need to know how much to lower the seat platform by cutting it down to lower the cushion. I figure if I size it to the dimensions of your original seat I should be pretty close to what it originally was. Your measurement from the floorboards up to the top of the cushion and down from the bottom of the steering wheel to the top of the cushion should get me in the ballpark. Howard Dennis

Dave, Thanks for the offer. I'm a little worried you might not come up with the same measurements I need as I know for a fact that the 1918 Maxwell had a different frame and longer wheelbase than my 1917. I'm located 11 miles south of Macon in Byron, right in the middle of the state. Howard Dennis

Thanks, I have my body scattered around my garage now and hope to start reassembly in a few weeks so I will have to try for this information elsewhere. Howard Dennis

mrcvs, since you have an all original Maxwell I wondered if you could help me with a measurement? My Maxwell Light delivery came to me with the entire seating area missing. I need the measurement from the floorboards up to the top of the seat cushion. Also the measurement from the bottom of the steering wheel rim down to the top of the seat cushion. Thanks, Howard Dennis

Bob, just curious as to why you feel the need to convert your 33 to 12 volts? Having driven a bone stock 6 volt 1936 Dodge through thousands of miles in NY state winters as an everyday car for three years and never having that car fail to start I get annoyed when people butcher a car because someone convinces them they will be more reliable if all 6 volt items are changed. How do you think your car got to be 81 years old if the system was so unreliable? There is nothing wrong with that system as long as everything is rebuilt to factory specs and wiring and grounds and bearings and bushings are as new. Howard Dennis

Bob, speaking of Bugatti's, you fellows ever follow up on what happened to the Bugatti 100P airplane that used to hang in the rafters? Howard Dennis http://oldmachinepress.wordpress.com/2012/11/01/bugatti-model-100p-racer/

With the information above I found this picture. Sure was a beautifully finished car. Howard Dennis

Just read an interesting bit of history on the HCCA library site related to this gauge. Apparently Webb Jay the famous race car driver of "Whistling Billy" the White steamer brought out the vacuum tank system in 1913 and Stewart Warner bought it in 1914. Howard Dennis Webb Jay Gravity Feed-The Webb Jay Motor Devices Co.,. Chicago, Ill., has brought out a system which 'changes pressure to gravity gasoline feed. This system does away with hand and power pumps and leaves the gasoline tank in the rear. The device is a brass can, Fig. 8, 10 inches high and 5 inches in diame'ter, fitted with three copper pipe connections, one coming from the gasoline tank, or the line, another running to the intake manifold and a third to the carbureter. When the engine is opera.ting the suction of the pistons creates a partial vacuum in the container, because the piston suction acts through the pipe leading from the intake manifold to the container. In order to prevent the piston suction affecting the carbureter there is inserted in the container a flap valve. It is evident that as soon as suction takes place this valve will close, forming two compart-i ments in the container. The float and its mechanism shown is the same in principle as the float of tlje carbureter. As the level of gasoline rises in the container the' float rises and when the container is full the needle valve will shut off the pipe from the intake manifold, thus stopping the suction. The flap valve will now open due to the weight of gasoline above it and this gasoline will drop to the lowe~ chamber. and thence to the carbureter. Any water or dirt in the fuel will drop to the bottom of the chamber and may be drained-periodically.

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Love the streamlined radiator cap, can't figure out if it is a Motometer or rearview mirror but should be a clue to car's identity. Howard Dennis

Bhambulldog, I couldn't help but wonder if a replacement ribbon couldn't be found so I located this and hope you can get the information to the owner. Howard Dennis https://www.etsy.com/listing/193302547/vintage-military-purple-heart-ribbon?ref=sc_2&plkey=c8658afdb978163592a7482ff166913a3cf3b92a%3A193302547&ga_search_query=purple+heart+ribbon&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery

Gary, I just re-read your post and you mention " A number of spacer washers". I'm hoping your memory is wrong. Here is the correct order from the back side of the disc: B5668 fork, B5624 race, B5669 bearing, B5625 race, and lastly B5244 lock ring. Howard Dennis

Gary, Boy do I feel your pain on this one! I just now finished taking my car apart for the second time and finding absolutely nothing wrong. I even took both shafts out trying to find previous damage or alterations and found it was in perfect condition and assembled exactly as Maxwell intended. From this last teardown I can only conclude that Maxwell engineers designed this system to have almost no freeplay. One thing I might add is unlike conventional clutches where the clutch fork pushes the throw out bearing to release the clutch this Maxwell fork PULLS the bearing and disc and you need to keep that in mind when assembling it. Good Luck, Howard Dennis