A Forgotten Model T (Episode 9) Engine Assembly Part 1 

I find it amazing that over the last 100 years, although engines have underwent changes regarding overall efficiency and performance, the basic principles of how they operate hasn't changed much.

Having worked in aviation for 26 years, I winced at the safety wire job. LMAO! It will hold just fine though, cool project.

I'm totally addicted to this project, can't wait for the next installment!

I love how you make a 100-year-old engine look brand new!

Enjoying the series. The views of the magneto got me curious, so I did a little searching. I found out magnetos generate AC current. One of the comments I came across was how the ignition was better with the magneto and the contacts in the ignition system lasted longer on the magneto. Recently, I was curious why switches always have a much lower DC voltage rating than the rating for AC voltage. With a little thought, I came to understand the difference. When contacts break DC voltage, the arc is much harder to quench, the current just keeps flowing. When contacts break AC voltage, there's always a brief period when the voltage crosses zero, it's at this instant the arc has a chance to quench. And so an AC voltage arc between separating contacts will always quench much more quickly than a DC arc between separating electrical contacts. Your videos provoke much thought.

This model T is a great build. Can’t wait for the engine to start. Take Wilbur for a cruise!

What a cool engine....and super interesting how it's built! Love the work you're putting to it, it'll turn out amazing

Extremely detailed and great to watch!

Hey J…. Sorry to see that video of you going back to your day job. The 10k earnings is real and unfortunately these streaming platforms don’t pay good money YET. Sometime down the road maybe. But for now… keep doing what you love for the love of it. I worked many years until I found real money in what I loved to do. I appreciate your amazing work and passion. Onward.

Fascinating on the magneto - thanks for the education! 👍

Really enjoying your videos. Fantastic work

I worked in my dad's service station as a kid in grade school, when this car would have been 31 to 37 years old. The Model T was already a curiosity. We had only one customer who drove one. When we serviced it, people would stop in to gawk. Today a 1990 Ford on the road is unremarkable. I have a 21-year-old Camaro Z28 that's barely broken in at 86K miles.

So, I am thinking about getting a Model-T, but I wanted to learn about rebuilding the engine first. Thanks for this latest series in the project.

Hi . Recently watched MrCrispin on RU-vid and learnt a lot about Rings. Worth a watch.

Don't forget the oil pipe! It goes under one of the magneto coil ring bolts.

Min 13:02, Irecomend when you repair a metal crack like that it is neccesary to drill a hole at the end of the crack to prevent their extensinon. After that you can weld.

Our local Model T guy had been trying to figure out his dead magneto for years many years ago. Some friends introduced me and he explained that he had replaced everything, the magneto coils, wiring, ignition coil box... everything. So I asked for a wrench, which did not stick to the magnets! He was stunned. I didn't know about recharging them back then.

Exelente , es un Maestro .Fecitaciones ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Excellent!

Excellent work I congratulate you

Great vids - hooked and subbed!

Don't forget the press in new wrist pins because that might make a tapping noise that will drive you nuts

Nunca había visto algo igual ,me és muy interesante . From Managua Nic.

Good job 👍👍👍👍👍

que genial video!

Just found your channel. Nice car. Hope that engine stayed on those Jack stands.

Who did the radiator? Were they pleased to see an honest-to-God brass radiator for a change? I imagine the old craftsman who work on brass radiators are becoming few and far between. My brother attended a "retirement party" for the local radiator shop guy years ago. He figured there'd be a few people there. He had to park a couple of blocks away! All the mechanics & service station owners in two counties attended his retirement, held at his shop. It was a bit of a hole-in-the-wall type shop, but he did good work! Imagine groups of guys gathered around assorted fire barrels, drinking beer and yacking into the wee hours of the morning. Wish I had attended.

Love the ford Model "T" didn't know had that One Piece style pan... Interesting, Never owned one, who knows Millions Made, there one out there for me.

This is awesome! I’m curious; do they have have any torque specifications for this model? I see you already installed the new radiator core!

i like to see a video on how that magneto flywheel works

I would like for you guys to have an episode featuring Henry Ford's Magnetic drive.

Cool

Bravooo

That magneto looks big enough to power a small town.

Ford Model T is the best car ever

Try using a high amperage battery to make the starter turn over quicker & no advance

Unless I missed it, you didn’t check the magneto gap. Unless you just got lucky, you will not get a mag that will work very well. That gap has to be within specs to function correctly

Hi John, Can you elaborate more about the magneto Gap please? Also the way you recharge the magnet, how did you know if your recharged them enough as well? I love your Video.

Henry Ford is proud of u

Great video. I learned alot but I think I would buy one already driveable.

Did the babbitt bearings for the crank need to be replaced?

It would be nice if you made the silent films black and white so that they look iconic. Look at the engine it's green.

Any bearings replaced on the engine? That oil pan is one hell of a stamping!

Это же сама Жестяная Лиззи,собственной персоны))

I guess torque specs don't matter LOL Interesting to have cotter pins on the rod bolts Pretty darn interesting technology for 1923

H. F. are a genius.

At about 12:00 I'm thinking bout how efficient and forward thinking the design, even a little Honda VTEC is a crankshaft with pistons. After all these years, even a Bentley V12... crankshaft, pistons...

From the look of it that engine will last another 100 yrs once completed.

I agree with cudaman because there are so many things you kinda did wrong like using a power grinder on the place where the gasket sits, which you are NEVER supposed to use power tools on things like that because of the damage it can cause, but if you do use them make sure to look for uneven distribution of the pattern of wear from the tool which when you put the gasket on i saw a lot of uneven distribution of the pattern from the tool,and just to say if i can see it on the camera you could probably see it on your end and if you did not bother to fix it then you are going to have problems such as leakage, spills, loss in oil pressure, and most of all oil everywhere, also when you welded that piece on that mounting bracket the weld would hold for a little bit then break, if you wanted a good weld you should have used a stick welder for that not a wire/tig welder since tig welders can not do the size of weld like a stick welder can

I like to use a torque wrench on the piston rods,,,...

Thanks, and Woof to Winston.

secure the screws with Locktide

I'm a little new to the rebuild game, so please forgive my ignorance, but is the purpose of the wire wrapped around the magneto bolts?

Esa parte que coloco en la cabeza del cigüeñal cómo se llama y que función desempeña no había visto ese tipo de motores gracias

Why did you Not add those last 3 bolts at the end of the pan here 14:45 ?

Значение Форд Т для Американцев описал Джон Стеинбек в рассказе ,,Консервный ряд,,

I would have used high tack on the cork gaskets . Just so it don`t move around.

I damn sure would not want him to built my model T engine

What type of paint did you use on engine block?

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Can you tell me what paint you used on the block. Brand, color name? Thanks!

Всегда было интересно на смотреть на старые нижневальные моторы 4 литра 25 коней

Geez I forgot Walters name! Give Walter a big kiss for me.

What work did the machine shop do?

Guess yu n uh ur Daddy worked on these T's back when yuns were young Best of luck on yur restoration later Rev

青色の液体ガスケット･･･昔のワコーズガスケットメイクを彷彿とさせて懐かしかった。

please dont take this as a criticism because i'm just curious, but did i see it right that you didnt use a torque wrench on the rod caps? could it be that there isn't even a torque spec. for them?

You forgot the oil tube?

Tengo en existencia 4pistones Std, de ford 48,se ven parecidos, pero nuevos x q lo q veo es q estan utilzando los usados, pero el problema es q estoy en yaracuy - Venezuela.

Curious why only sealant on one mating surface?

Пускач с С-130 сильно похож,только цилиндра там два.

Does the clutch work by magnetization?

That certainly is a wonderfully made Dodge engine!

0.30 вот это блок ...вечный не то что современный силуминовый ! А поршня и кольца вообще класс! А что делал на 10.10 ?

i don't see video 9 part 2

Did you have to re-babbitt the bearings? Did she need new cam bushings/bearings? Did you consider installing a 280 cam and a high compression head?

Love the project but what is with your subtitles.

...no torque wrench needed?

do you ... or did you .... show the valve seats being fixed .....

I don’t like the radiator with that stuff on it. Couldn’t you find a more original looking radiator? I mean I not trying to tell you what to do, but I go for original with I can get it. I just think it would look way better.

Unbelievable how you didn't torque anything. I have built a lot of '50s and '60s engines. No safety wire or cotter pins, but everything has to be torqued.

12:00 pre-loctite

Isn't a model T about 200 cubic inches?

I thought this was very interesting the rebuild shows a forgotten model t and the dc generating system slaved to the drive shaft which is exactly the tech we are rediscovering with our device....Why do you think it was forgotten or suppressed...Not a conspiracy but ford consulted with Nicola Tesla often in fact they felt the model t was for the masses... The common mans car Tesla had even built a repurposed victrola for the ford tin lizzy an electric car capable of being flueless...but the same problem of magnets losing charge was to blame...The prohect was shelved... looks like they figured out how to recharge the magnets as time went on...Today we have rare earth magnets that hold charge for 500 years before polarization is diminished ...very interesting...

The Honda is back! What’s up with that?

I have rebuilt a few model T engines plus model A early Chevy 4 cylinders a lot of later model car and tractor I have never ever seen such shitty ever did not check a thing yes the model T never had any torque specs but all bolts have a torque spec what is the air gap between fly wheel and magneto ring could not believe how dirty the inside of the block was just back from machine shop by the way i am in my mid 60"s

Show 🤔

Do you speak spanish?

model T engines are black..Model a and beyond are green

me parece que las tuercas de las tapas de biela van apretadas con un torquimetro de lo contrario vas a terminar pronto con ese motor pero de romperlo si no sabes mejor no metas mano la mecanica es para gente que tiene estudio y si lo haces por hobby dedicate a otra cosa

My brother jave one of this shit cars.