Can we get a nearly 100-year old car to run after it’s been sitting for several decades? Davin and Jeff set out to find if this 1925 Ford Model T has any life left in her.
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Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:41 – What do we have here?
1:54 – What year is it?
2:06 – Here’s the plan
3:24 – Pulling spark plugs
6:00 – State of the internals
7:50 – Reinstalling spark plugs
9:42 – Checking the starter
10:32 – Not enough power?
11:15 – Cleaning points
12:45 – Wooden coils?
14:00 – How do these coils work?
17:38 – Checking connections
20:10 – Do we have spark?
23:00 – Pulling and cleaning the carb
27:45 – Supplying fuel
28:55 – First attempt to start
29:50 – How many times are we going to try this?
31:50 – We can’t be this stupid
34:20 – Moment of truth
37:25 – Now do it by hand
39:45 – Wrap up
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For those asking, this Model T has found a new home and will hopefully be back on the road soon! Thanks for watching!
Just like a big lawn mower carburetor….
I love the " will it run " videos and I've been patiently waiting for the next Redline rebuild. It's still a thing right?
Ya know those things had spark retad on the steering column…right !??
Looks like a 26 or 27 t. Coil box is on engine block. I
I own a 22 Model T and the coils are not a regular maintenance item. I probably haven't had the coils out in 8 or 10 years. Just keep things dry so the contacts don't corrode. They are great fun.
How do you time this thing?
Always pull up hand cranking ,, never push down on crank. Kick back can break arm!!!
Awesome!! Should have tried to drive it too! But Great Video guys!
Great vid… I never knew Model "T"s were so electrically complicated. I knew you guy's would make it run and no smoke too. Great job guy's. THIS VIDEO WAS GREATTTTTTTT
Here for Davin
Another great episode. Thankyou
That is a 1926-27 style coil box. Also has some nice accessory bumpers/ Well front at least
Awesome job. Damn now i have to get one
Look at the size of those coils, the size of a car battery hilarious watch Scott on Cold War motors he’s going to put some performance parts on a modelT he’s working on putting on a performance intake and a model a carburetor
The peak of American engineering. The rest has been straight down hill.
Little proud of myself right now. I was thinking this feels just like when I forget to turn on the ignition when using my under-hood starter trigger. Similar case. Car will fire only while starter is engaged.
My grandfather said set the gap on model T with a "thin dime" ignition
Coil on plug nothing new!!! What fun Cool man
A vehicle so stupid simple it is genious
Awesome video!
It runs soooooooo smoothly! Like it's just come off the production-line! Sounds great!
It's like a doctor operating on Frankenstein. She's alive!!
Model T and other vintage cars will outlast most of the modern cars and it will survive EMP and cosmic events. Modern cars will fry their ECU and body control modules will become expensive lawn ornament. You can get a Model T from 10K up to 20K far cheaper than marked up to death modern cars. You will get more attention with a model T than a Mustang or Hellcat.
In 1925 each cylinder had its own coil then 60 years later each cylinder has its own coil
The radiator green the bottom inch wonder if it is leaking?