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VK6BE > CARS 22.06.08 02:18l 26 Lines 1111 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: RE: BOB's Dad's Model T
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From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : CARS@WW
I can't remember where the fuel tank was on the Model T. It could have
been where you say. The reason for reversing up a steep hill that I
remember was (1) to let the big end bearings remain in the sump oil and
stop them knocking and (2) to use reverse gear which was a lower ratio
than first. There were only two forward gears.
I had an A model Ford which had the fuel tank where you stated but I never
knew it to starve for fuel on any sort of hill. There could have been a
problem when the tank was almost empty but it is so long ago I can't
remember.
Cheers,
Bob VK6BE.
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> YOU WERE COMMENTING ON THE MODEL T AND THAT SOMETIMES WHILE GOING UP HILLS
> THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO UP BACKWARDS. THE REASON FOR THAT WAS THAT THE GAS
> TANK WAS LOCATED JUST BELOW THE WINDSHIELD AND IT WAS GRAVITY FLOW SYSTEM.
> WHEN GOING UP A STEEP HILL THE ANGLE WAS SUCH THAT THE GASOLINE DID NOT
> FLOW TO THE ENGINE, BUT IF THEY WENT UP BACKWARDS THE TANK WOULD BE AT
> A DIFFERENT ANGLE AND THE FLOW WOULD BE OK. I REMEMBER MY GRANDFATHER
> TELLING ME ABOUT THAT.
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