The metal shoulder washer (that the factory included) to protect the lower rubber piece makes perfect sense from an engineering standpoint. It keeps the plate from digging into the rubber. There is no resaon for it to be excluded on overpriced repop parts. Negligence, really. Few people seem to care...

Robert's (boxley) gauge faces and numbers are both reproduction. The tach, with K39 between Jaeger and center of gauge is a mystery. TA, TC both had K30 and early TD chronometrics were K45, I think. Robert's faces are among the better reproduction faces, and took a few minutes to confirm they were r...

No picture? What do you think is wrong with them?

I suppose the brass base pumps could have been made before or during the War, with leftovers used after.

TC-

When you have it apart you can check that the #12 pin is straight.

Rick- The original plywood was held it place by the hinges, and held down by a 1/4" Whitworth "bolt" (on each side) with a slotted screwdriver slot on top to tighten. Threadform matches up exactly to a 1/4" WHITWORTH. Down below there is a sort of captive nut to accept the bolt. The captive nut on m...

"Diff inspection cover" is probably the best description for the "bolted" down and hinged lid. Makes it so easy to service the dampers and fill or top off the differential oil, as well as to check occasionally that the hole (vent) is clear in the fill plug. Also much easier to replace or inspect tha...

Ray- Another way of looking at it is that with the 4.5:1 you will need to spin the engine faster to keep up with a factory equipped 5.125:1 around town and off the line. Back in the day (and today) people used the 1/2 inch wider, and taller (30" overall dia.) Ford Model A tires on TC's. The A tires ...

You "made up" a new cover? Pic?

The switch bracket has never been off my car, unless the first owner reversed it before the car was barely 2 years old. The actual switch has been off to refurbish it, by me. Bracket bends up to be above the chain, and the switch is mounted to the top of the plate. Switch on top of plate, and plate ...

Fromtheframeup online catalog shows the bend. Bends so switch goes above the chain.

https://fromtheframeup.com/collections/ ... ght-switch

ok, i did order the bockley tires and tubes. also rebuilt the bishop steering box with new cam, peg, bearings etc. also new steering balls and new hubs and bearings. i set toe in to 7/16". no more wandering and now fun to drive. Good to hear you got the original steering sorted out. The quick Bisho...

No. That is the standard TC head casting number that indicates oval holes and 1/2" reach spark plugs. The block does have a coded casting date. Here, just above the dipstick hole is 8 D 9 which indicates 8th of April, 1949 for a car that came off the assembly line 4th October 1949. Sometimes the cas...

Unless it is actually a small vent /breather that has been added to the top side...

AS site showing where two gauges can be added--

Tach cable ends look to be quite a bit longer at the ends. Check out the photo's on Abingdon Spares site here: https://abingdonspares.com/search?type=article%2Cpage%2Cproduct&q=tachometer*+cable*+TC* So, looks like the tach cable ends stick out quite a bit more than on the speedo. Here is a picture ...

If someone is intent on stealing your TC, the simplist method would probably be to winch it onto a trailer. That is, if they can figure out how to release the parking brake. Jumper cable to get around a keyed cutout would take as long is it takes to peel off insulation with a knife. The only problem...

Interesting. Doug is usually more accurate on things like that. BR190, BR192 and BR196 are all the same tin can shown.
https://fromtheframeup.com/collections/brakes