Larry Schramm

Check on line if your HF jack stands might be included in a recall that they had a few years ago. They might be eligible for replacement.

There is nothing more relaxing to my bride & I than driving an one of our old cars through the country roads at about 30 miles/hour. You get to see lots of things that you miss driving in a modern car.

Jack, It sounds like you have a bunch of "new" cars. I had an 8N with a mower that I sold a number of years ago. I liked that tractor because I could just go out and mow grass and zone into another world. I did have to tap the carb every once in a while when the tractor would stop. I upgraded to a New Holland tractor with a front end loader and a mower to do maintenance in our storage lot. I have probably moved 600-800 tons of crushed concrete and crushed stone to maintain the lot. As for older tractors, I also own a couple of "real" International Harvester" Cub Cadet tractors of the 1970's vintage. As for the Cushman scooter, they were used extensively in the GM plants that I worked. If you come up our way, and I would encourage you to come to the Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village the weekend after Labor Day and I will see about you driving our 1913 Buick. Next summer the '12 Model T should be done with a complete refresh. Give me a call and we can make a date. Come up our way and I might let you

I believe that this picture is of a truck that broke though the ice on the Detroit River trying to cross from Windsor to Detroit during prohibition. I have see this picture in a number of Detroit News publications. Anyone know the make of the truck?

Ideal stoichiometric ratio for a modern gas engine is 14.7:1, air to fuel.

There is a narrow range of oxygen to gasoline that an explosion can be created. Outside of that relatively narrow limit there is either not enough fuel to oxygen, or too much fuel to oxygen concentration. The range for an explosion to occur is 1.4% to 7.6% fuel to air. Fuel tanks have too high of a concentration gasoline vapors to explode, unless broken open which is rare. Look here for more information. https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=what+is+the+uel+lel+levels+for+gasoline+to+ignite&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

I would think that the unit would be used with an electric fuel pump. Does the return line go back to the fuel tank?

The old style that I was taught was to wipe the bearing over your palm, not trying to put it in with your fingers. I still do it the old way sometimes but I also have a bearing packer that I use below. Depending on the job I use both.

Pump diesel. Go to the same pump with two nozzles. Put in 1 gal diesel and fill up the tank with the gas. Most of the cars of that era have about a 10 gallon tank.

All of my cars and trucks up to 1917 use gravity feed for the fuel. After that the next two vehicles have a Stewart-Warner vacuum system.

I was on a tour a couple of weeks ago in Alabama with a southern group and I was told by members of that group in hot conditions that 10% diesel to gas will help vapor lock.

Agree with this statement. I put disc brakes on our T because I want to stop. With a Warford transmission or a Ruckstell differential if by chance it goes into neutral, there are no real brakes. Then if you drive/tour in the mountains the extra brakes are of great value. That is why Rocky Mountain Brakes were developed in the after market in the day. Here is one article on them. https://www.fordmodelt.net/m/rocky-mountain-brakes.htm

I have similar tags on my '15 Buick truck.

The house is across the street from the Durant-Dort Carriage offices and around the corner from the GM Factory 1 facility. It is in an historic district as the article noted.

If you think that price is high, buy a pair of pistons for a 2 cylinder 1908 Model F Buick.

I agree with Mark. These engines are only clean for maybe the first 15 minutes after a rebuild and maybe shorter if you start driving them. When the owners manual says to oil the lifters and valves every 25-50 miles, every thing gets dirty. Also, if the car is not dripping oil, then there is probably something wrong or it is running out of oil.

I was on the same tour with Brian. Good time and good roads.

Our local Culvers restaurant has a cruise-in car show every Tuesday afternoon/evening during the summer and they regularly have over 500 cars and their owners & families show up. No judging. Just getting together and have some fun. There is a DJ with music that is NOT TOO LOUD so everyone can still talk. One or two of the local auto parts stores donates some "prizes" for a drawing- give away which they may give away 50 small items from lubricant to microfiber towels. The restaurant gives a 10% discount on all meals to the "cruisers" for the night as an incentive to attend. How many organized "car shows" have over 500 cars show up, let alone almost every week all summer? Trophies not needed for a good show and a good time. No one gets their feelings hurt. Just IMO and observations.

I have seen worse.

Where are you located?

Car worked well, except I hit the limit of the brakes after the thousands of miles we have put on this car.. I am in the process of renewing the brakes/ new linings. Need to get them done in the next couple of weeks as we are leaving for another tour in July in Alabama. Most important part of a car is being able to stop.

Last week was a good week for touring. Brian & Christine Heil with their '23 Buick, Joe & Julie Tonietto with their '23 Cadillac, and Joyce and I with our '13 Buick just finished a tour out of Harrison, Ohio just a little north west of Cincinnati along with 15 other vehicles. We got to see a number of sights including several creek crossings and had a good time with this group. (Thanks to Brian for getting us involved). Through Thursday we recorded about 430 miles which brings our total for the year to 500 miles and we are still moving forward with several more tours for the summer.

"Sticking the clutch" in not really necessary if you use the car weekly, but if you let it sit over the winter or for a month or more it will save you a lot of grief where the clutch will stick to the flywheel and it can be problematic to get it loose. I keep a stick in all of my cars so the clutch is disengaged when not driving. My truck shown below.

Nice looking car!

It would be very light steering.