Artifact of the Week: Model T Ford Wrenches
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2024
- This week's artifact features TWO antique Model T Ford wrenches. These are used for spark plugs, head bolts, hubcaps, wheel bearings, and more! Find out all the details about these common vintage tools.
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I wish that modern cars were this easy to work on!
I remember as a kid our old double sing open barn doors to the upper oart of barn, we held shut by an old model t bent axle. Pap always stuck one end into the ground and the other again the center of where doors met and plank dropped across. Still got that worn out old thing in grainery. Doors long since replaced with roll open metal ones sadly. Miss the old design personally.
I have quite a few model t wrenches
I can remember breaking down with my moped regularly on the side of the road having to remove a little ball of lead shorting out the spark plug.
Damn. I am getting old, I guess...
Original and appealing channel concept, likeable and entertaining host/creator. Very well done Mr. Logsdon.
Thank-you so much!!
Well done!!! A great addition to your channel.👍
You’ve got a great channel and wonderful professional quality content. When I bought my house twenty years ago, the worksop out back was stocked with tools, as the previous owner had been a lawn mower mechanic. I had to pull down an old animal stall and found lots of rusty wrenches with the Ford logo on them, along with an air pump, a jack, and even a magneto magnet. It wasn’t until years later when I was shopping for a Model T that I realized I had the entire tool kit, even a door mount klaxon horn. My Model T and I were destined for each other. God provided the tools, and even some crude Model T era spark plug wrenches. You’re doing a great job of keeping the old ways alive.
Thank you so much for all the compliments!! And that is one of the best stories I've heard in a while! How wonderful. Chances are that the previous owner of your place had a Model T at one time, too. You don't just have that many T tools without owning one. Thanks for the comment. It made my day!
So glad I found this channel. 👍
I really like this kind of stuff ! Keep it up please.
Great video! I am currently going through my late grandfather’s property, and am finding various Model T artifacts myself. He and his father had a Model T that they had converted into a self propelled hay rake. Found a gas level stick for the round tanks and a portable jack of some kind made specifically for the Model Ts, or so I am told. Really great to learn about these tools!!
I remember my grandpa telling me he broke his arm starting his model t once with the wrench!
Thank you for the great presentation of the Ford Model T tools !👍 I'm sure we have the " Head bolt & spark plug " wrench laying around .. Makes me appreciate the early days of those engines as we pulled a 2006 diesel out of a Mack simi tractor today and Man talk about a long wiring harness ! 😁
Good video, I have a complete set of those tools that were my grandfathers. He was a millwright at the Rouge plant in the 1920's.
My grandfather gave me one of those wrenches and I never knew until now why they where curved
This is a great video I love old cars like this and the history behind them and I also didn't realize how easy maintenence is on model t
There's a learning curve at first, and it'll seem really overwhelming, but with Model Ts, there are a lot of folks who have them, and there will be several near you. There's always someone more than willing to teach and share their knowledge and walk you through each step of what you need to do. Best recommendation is, don't buy a basket case. Buy the best one you can afford. You will certainly be working on it, but you'll have less to do if it already has a good engine!
That wrench for just about $3 is a real bargain. I've seen displays of those along with collections of other wrenches like from International Harvester, John Deere and others. They are really nice to look at and well worth having.
Yeah, I've seen folks trying, and sometimes succeeding, to get big money for them, but honestly, I find them all the time. Often in bins filled with wrenches of all sorts, or in other junk piles. The only one I paid more for was an interesting, aftermarket one, and that I paid $10 for, but I'd never seen another one like it and it wasn't stamped Ford. The Ford ones are a dime a dozen. I have about 15 or so, and never paid more than $5 for one.
I need cool coverall to work on my old Ford. Interesting video!
Thanks!
Hey man, I’ve been a mechanic for 20 years. You did a good job with this video. 👍🏻
Thanks! I've worked on cars since I was a kid, but got into 1910s and 20s cars about 6 or 7 years ago. However, I worked in the film industry for 18 years, so I learned a thing or two there. Lol! Thanks for the compliment. I really appreciate it.
The Model T has to be one of the most "affordable," (in relative terms), vintage automobiles to buy and to run. There are a ton of aftermarket suppliers and vintage parts are abundant. The technology is well within the grasp of even the most mechanically challenged. They are fun to work on and fun to drive. Also, you'll NEVER be able to pull in to get gas without at least a 15 minute talk with a complete stranger who wants to look at and know about your "T." Thanks for putting out your great videos, it's nice to see the T model situated in it's natural surroundings! Keep up the good work!
Thanks. Yes, I've always said that you'll turn more heads in a Model T than you will in a Ferrari.
@@20thcenturyadventures Yes, the heads just turn much more slowly ...
I think the Model A is much more suited for learning about cars, and you can drive them faster and on modern highways.
I have one of those head bolt and spark plug wrench hanging on the wall in my garage and never knew what it was. Thanks for the info and loved the video. I'm a new subscriber now and look forward to more videos.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💯💯💯😚😚
Cool.
I really like the new Artifact of the Week videos! This was a terrific idea and makes your channel even better!
Thanks! They have been a lot of fun to make. I just hope I can keep up with the challenging demand! Between work, farm, and four young kids, I have a lot on my plate! I picked up an object last week to film an episode, and though I had restored it several years ago, it wouldn't work now, so I have to fix it again before I can film it! Lol! Sometimes I wonder why I do these things to myself, but SERIOUSLY, knowing that people are enjoying it makes it all worthwhile!!
Once your head gasket starts leaking it has a very short life ahead of it. Great video!
Depends. If it is a copper one, you can tighten and go for a long time. The modern ones are less forgiving, but in general, Model Ts are very forgiving and can handle conditions no other engine can.
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I know if I dig through my empire of dirt. I have a wrench that's stamped Ford transmission band wrench.
Those are great, too! Mine recently broke. I guess that happens after 100+ years.
Sorry to hear that yours broke. Tho you did have a chance to use something that old. I enjoy using items from the nineteen teens to the nineteen forties. How simple and over built they are. The only thing from current time that will be around in a hundred years. Will be Chinese plastic.
I have the Off set wrench and I just keep it handy. However, I am looking for a complete Model A Tool Set.
I really enjoyed that video, but I have to say that torque wrenches and torque specs were around since at least the 1800s. I volunteered a lot at projects restoring antique machinery for low budget museums and I have seen torque specs in service manuals for 1800s steam engines and locomotives.
I heard that as well but I think he might have meant torque wrenches weren't usually dealt with by the owners. Obviously, Henry's engineers were actually quite precise.
@@836dmar that makes sense!
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I remember when I worked on my first Harley as an apprentice in the early 1980s. My boss laughed at me when I asked for head bolt torque specs. "Just tighten that sucker down as tight as you can without using a pipe on the wrench. It'll be fine!"
The spark plug & head nut wrench was used because the heads carboned up quickly due to the era fuel. A decarbon job & valve grind was often done by owners themselves about every 8 -10 K miles.. Torque wrenches were not necessary, the nuts only had to be about 50ibs ; they did not use torque wrenches at the factory for Model Ts & As. There were also the same style used for Fordson tractors, Model As & V8s so you have to know the various stamped numbers. To find all the items in the toolkit is an interesting endevour but there are nearly always some items that are 'wrong'. ! Cheers.
Yes, that's essentially what I said. Poor fuel quality, spark plugs would foul, etc. I also explained that torque wrenches weren't used. It doesn't hurt to use one nowadays, however.