Santa Anita A’s Member, Tom Endy; Editor of the Victoria Association Newsletter (The Bustle) for the past 20 years, has created the 20+ years of the work below.  Some of these articles and documents have been featured in the MAFCA Restorer Magazine, other club’s websites, and some are not published anywhere but here!  Enjoy, utilize, and learn!

Brakes

A1190 Dust Seal

Emergency Brake Cross Shaft Change – TE

Flathead Brake Floaters

Flathead’s Floaters Follow up

Grease Fittings Enhancement

Grease Seal Removal

Hydraulic Brakes

Rear-brake-drums

Cooling

Back Flush!

Thermostat-theory

Differential

Axle Stands  – Removing The Rear Assembly

Broken Rear Shackle

Rear Axle Nut Torque Tool

Differential (Rear End) Restoration – Revised 2014 – Main Tutorial

Differential Bust Up 2022

Differential Carrier

Differential Cradle 6-2021 TE

Rear-Axle-Assembly-Rebuild-Pictorial-2015 -supplemental for additional information_BM

Differential Rebuild Pictorial 2016 – supplemental for additional information_CM

Differential failure 2018 – supplemental for additional information_JW

Dramatic Differential failure 2018 – supplemental for additional information

Differential-Overhaul-July-2-2018 – Supplemental

Differential Overhaul March, 2019 – Supplemental

Differential-overhaul-May-9-2019_LB

Differential 32 Ford Rebuild June 2 2019

Differential Overhaul June 20, 2019_SL

Differential Overhaul August 27, 2019 – TE

Differential Sealer

Model A Carrier Repair

Outer Spacer

Pinion Wrenches

A Poor Man’s Posi-traction

Early Ring and Pinion (Restorer Magazine Jul-Aug 2012) – COLOR

Early Ring and Pinion (Restorer Magazine Jul-Aug 2012)

Model A Ford Carrier Bearing Preload Tool (Restorer Magazine; Mar-Apr 2003)

Pinion Gear Removal!

Pinion Puller Tool Pictorial

Pinion Gear Grief

Vertical Differential Jig

Ring & Pinion Ratios

Determining R&P Ratios

Ring & Pinion Gear Sets Reproduction Blues!

Frozen Speedo Gear

Model A Cracked Banjo

BROKEN REAR AXLE

The Torque Tube!

Too Tight! Differential Bearing

Torque tube – removing the race

Torque Tube Race & Seal

Overdrives

The Borg Warner Overdrive (Restorer Magazine Mar-Apr 2005)

Borg Warner Manual

Care and Feeding of the Borg Warner overdrive

Borg Warner Repair

MITCHELL Overdrive Installation Procedure 2022

Mitchell Overdrive Installation Procedure 2022 (Picture Version)

Mitchell Overdrive Installation (Restorer Magazine Mar-Apr 2012)

Mitchell Overdrive One Day Installation 2019

BLT Guys Mitchell Install – April 24 2021

BLT Guys History November 2023

Uninstallation of a Mitchell Overdrive

Tudor Basement Storage

Ryan-Overdrive

Ryan Overdrive-Bustle

Differential Vent

Volvo Overdrive Service Manual

Electrical

A Dead Battery!

A Hidden Electrical Fault, the terminal block

Ahooguh-horn

Alternator

The B-Timing Cover

Converting the Ahooguh Horn to 12v

Ahooguh Origin

The Ammeter

The Ammeter Function!

The Ammeter Structure

Brake Light Switch!

Stop Light switch Anatomy

Change-the-condenser

The Cut-Out

Distributor – 6-7 A Hidden Repo Fault

Distributor Cracks (Restorer Magazine Jul-Aug 2013)

Distributor lower wire

Distributor Restoration Techniques

Distributor Roadside Seminar

Painting The Distributor

Distributor Fault

Electrical

Electrical Bypass

Isolating an electrical fault: Quick and Easy!

Model A Ford Ignition Diagnostic

Modern-points

A Power Inverter! (Restorer Magazine Jan-Feb 2009)

Simplified Drawing of the Model A Electrical Circuit (6 Volts)

Six-to-12-Volt-DC-Converter

The Six Volt Battery

To Kill A Battery!

Two Helpful Tools

Engine

A Cracked Engine Block (Restorer Magazine Jul-Aug 2014)

The Compression Gauge!

The Cut-Out

Head Gaskets

Massive Oil Leak

Oil Pump Repair_TE

Oil-pump-change

Starter ring gear on the flywheel Problems

Engine Testing Stand

Model A Ford Engine Test Stand

Fuel

Gas Gauge Repair

Gas Cap-30-31

It-stalls-at-a-stop

Model A Ford Zenith Carburetor Restoration Tips

Zenith Carburetor Tip – Drain Boss Leak

Zenith Glitch

Zenith Passageway Cleaning (Restorer Magazine Sep-Oct 2011)

Zenith Passageway Diagram

The Zenith Carburetor Passageways

Zenith Float Valves

The Zenith Side Bowl!

Viton-tip-float-valve

Modified Zenith w/Air Filter!

Zenith Carburetor Paint

Rear

Rear Grease-fittings

Rear Backing Plates

The Model A Rear Spring

The Rear Spring – 2!

Spring Restoration

Rear Spring Cross Piece

Rear-spring-testimony

Steering

Penrite lube for old worn steering boxes

The Grease Fittings For the rear wheel bearings

King Pin Geometry!

Steering Column Mount

Tie Rod Installation (Restorer Magazine Nov-Dec 2013)

Tire Mounting!

Transmission

1928 Transmission

Baffled – Transmission Baffles

Clutch Failure

The Multiple Disk Clutch (Restorer Magazine; Jul-Aug 2003)

The Multiple Disk Clutch_TE

The Clutch Release Shaft – Did They Get It Wrong?

A V8 Clutch!

Potential-transmission-leak

Pressure Plate Adjustment

The Model A Ford Transmission: It Jumps Out of Gear!

Potential Transmission Leak

Rebuilding a Transmission – Henry’s Transmission Traps!

Model A Ford Transmission Assembly

The Transmission Hook

Transmission Prudence

Transmission Overhaul Pictorial August 2018

Transmission Vent

Reproduction U-join

Poor Quality Trans Roller Bearings

Defective Transmission Roller Bearing Design

Transmission Teardown 2021

Transmission Assembly Procedure

Ford Model A Transmission – How it Works – By George Bell

Transmission Bell Housing

A bell housing is a bell-shaped extension of an engine crankcase, that contains the flywheel and the clutch. A clutch explosion can destroy the bell housing and body sheet metal, and injure the driver.

Broken Bell Housing

Difficult Bell Housing Restoration 2025

BELL HOUSING RESTORATION (Restorer Magazine Nov-Dec 2010)

BELL HOUSING RESTORATION (Restorer Magazine Nov-Dec 2010) IN COLOR!

Bell Housing Felt Pad Installation

Bell Housing Work Stand

Bell Housing work Stand Detailed

Bell Housing Tool

Transmission Tower

Model A Ford Transmission Tower Restoration

Transmission Tower: A Unique Seminar!

Tower-forks

Tower Reproduction

SAA Tower Seminar

Reproduction Gearshift Lever

Miscellaneous

Bolts Too Long – Restorer Magazine Mar-April 2018

Floor Jack Adapter

K. R. W. Service Station Equipment for Ford Dealers (Restorer Magazine May-Jun 2011)

Look-behind-you

Lug Nut Warning

Massive-oil-leak

Model A Bearing Part Numbers

The Budd-company

The Correct Speed!

F-100 Steering Box Adjustment

Pedal Adjustment

Window Channeling!

Victoria Window Rubber Glass Bumpers

CA DMV Form 9401 Weight Fees Exemption clause

The Grabber – Grab Handle for Passenger

Henry’s Anti-theft System

Victoria Hinge Pins

Global Positioning System (GPS) devices

Model A Ford 6-volt to 12-volt Power Conversion For Cell Phones & GPS

Seat Belts in a Model A Ford

Seat belts-30 Tudor

More Leg Room

Tachometer

A Temperature Gauge!

Turn Signals

Victoria Steering Column Support