Sir, your attention to detail and instructional steps with precise video are remarkable. If folks wonder how these near century old masterpieces still travel the roads today, it is because craftsmen like you are guaranteeing their survival. Thank you for your efforts! St Marys, GA 🇺🇸

What a great series of videos on the Model A transmission. Your explanations and mockups are fantastic and easy to understand! Thank you

I watched all four videos, excellent work. I am working on a 3/8 scale version of the transmission, and your video has insured my success. Thank you.

At 75 I am just starting my Model A journey and appreciate the effort and knowledge you put into your videos. Deep Thank You!

Thank your for these four videos. My son and I are getting ready to get into the transmission of his car and this is exactly the information I need. Thank you again.

You are an effective teacher. Your instructions are very clear, revealing the purpose for each action. Thank you for your details. I do not own an "A", but watching you work makes me believe that with such great instruction as yours restoring one could be very enjoyable. Thanks Stephen in Atlanta

SUPER VIDEO MR.GEORGE.YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ARE EXCELLENT ON ASSEMBLING THE FORD MODEL A. TRANSMISSION. THANK YOU.

All of your videos explain things clearly and logically. I've seen these crash boxes apart but have never had the opportunity to play with one and see how it worked. I've driven a Model A. It requires patience and care to shift smoothly. Nothing at all like a Honda!

So appreciated this video very much. For the first time I understand the need to double clutch a model A. Thanks.

Excellent, Excellent videos. Very comprehensive and common sense display, a very rare combination. I don't know how any of your videos could be better!! GREAT JOB.....THANK YOU!

Mechanics aside, I love your combination of apparent skill and humility. Thanks for the inspiration!

Hello. I have never enjoyed a video more. Fantastic and clear instructions and delivery. Very professional and visually pleasing to watch. Fantastic job...

These videos by you are terrific. Thank you very much for taking the time to produce them. Phil Grass Valley, CA

Thank you for posting this series. I watched them several times and just completed the rebuild on my 1930 Model A My bolts to hold on the U joint cover were unusable and I went with thread locker and Nord Lock washers

George..you speak with clarity and give us confidence to tackle the Model A transmission. thanks for a great job on the video!

Best video I've seen on the Model A. Thank you Mr. Bell for your time and sharing your knowledge with all of us. Wish I had seen it when I was doing mine. Best regards, Rusty Aubrey

Thanks George, very helpful video as my spring 2019 project will be rebuilding the transmission in my 1930 Model A coupe.

Hello George - excellent video series on the A transmission - great theoretical and practical explanations and the processes well filmed and described. Thank you! Chuck☘️

Excellent video series George!!!!! Thanks from a new model A owner. Cheers!

Thank you for your great video which was very useful to me, working on a 1930 Model A.

Great job , Very easy to follow . Beautiful roadster

Thank you so much for your help by making this great video. I used it to assemble my transmission. I did want to bring it to your attention that putting grease inside the transmission contaminated the oil and foaming is the result. Not certain how I am going to get it cleaned out yet, hopefully after a few oil changes, it will clear up.

Enjoyed the series on the transmission, thanks!

Hi George, outstanding series! Your explanations, teaching jigs and diagrams are simply excellent. Thanks for all the hard work on this. I have a '29 Coupe recently restored but not the transmission, which makes more noise than it should, I think, and likes to be double-clutched going both up and down. Larry, another old engineer

George, you must have been a Mechanical Engineer.. the making of tools sure is how an Engineer would think and work.. once more great video.

Very informative. Thanks for explaining things so even I can understand them. I learned a lot from these videos.

Wonderful video. I would like to add that when using Teflon tape on a right had thread wrap it clockwise. Other wise it has a tendency to want to pull it off rather than draw it in. It's also a good idea to use some kind of sealer on all those bolt threads that go into the case if you want even more insurance against future leaks. Blue Locktite or silicone gasket sealers work great. Be sure and use some brake clean or oil free spray solvent to clean the threads first. I don't mean to be criticize Mr. Bell. I'm just trying to help. Thank You

Great Video, will be very helpful on a future rebuild!! Thanks for sharing.... I encourage you to keep doing these videos on any other Model A projects you have coming up! 👍🏻

George, I loved the video! These transmissions look so simplistic! Would love to find one just to take it apart for myself and see how it works! Looking forward to the installation of the trans and the shifter.

I love your videos and the details you go into. I look forward to watching more. Thank you.

Thank you George, very well done, I am going to tackle a similar job myself!

Very very good video. Thank you George.

That was a great series videos, one of the best I ever seen. Thank George. I just have to buy a Model A now

This is A great series of videos, very informative, very detailed, Thank You George!

Thanks again for the very informative video. Looking forward to the installation into the car. Details are important; life is just a long series of details all woven together nicely as you do in your videos.

George, great job on another informative video. Thanks for posting these.

Nice video, and great explications👍

George great video I'm rebuilding a 103e but gear box very similar Peter

Excellent videos, thank you

Very useful information thanks for gift us your great work!

Good video, I had no idea it was that simple .

Great step by step instructions, I plan on overhauling my model A trans. It's noisy in first and second gears also leaks

Great video! Thanks for sharing. I’ll stay tuned for the next!

Great Job George

Well done. They sure are simple.

Good job George. Now, good luck getting it into the car.

I know that transmission is in that car, George. You’re holding out on us here. Great video!

hello from Model A Restorers of Arizona. Great video series !

Excellent video, really enjoyed watching, and learning.

Very well DONE, Like the Hat.

Thanks George very helpful 🙏

Great video! Is there a video where you show what was wrong with the old transmission please? It would be interesting to see what parts were worn and the problems/faults with parts to look out for when disassembling. Many thanks :)

Now I want to rebuild my transmission! 😁 At a minimum I’ll probably remove the tower and have a look.

Another great video! Thank you so much for all your explanations and editing. You did a great job showing how it all goes together and how it should correctly function. Keep up the great work. Our hobby needs more of this! I only count 3 videos of the transmission series. Is there one somewhere else I missed?

Great job!😊😊

Loved the video, very informative

Gorgeous!

Hey George , first time watcher here, but gotta say, this was an excellent video. Keep them commin !

Very well presented.

I like tacky stuff on both sides of the gasket and mating surfaces. It can't hurt, and as a bonus, keeps the gasket in place while assembling :)

I like your spring compression tool for the tower. Nice to see safety wire done right. If you're real good , you can do all four bolts with one piece! LOL! I was a USAF mechanic so I'm a bug on wire. When you pull the tranny or put it in, take that 3/4 pipe and put a piece about 3 inches long into the drain plug hole. Take the plate off your floor jack and put the pipe through the hole in the jack that holds the plate. Put the tranny on the jack and role it under the car. Jack the tranny up into position. That way you don' t have to mess with those 2x4's. The wheels on the jack can help you wiggle it in. Thanks for a nice video and like your car.

Looking good.I think the "sealer tape " as you called it got wound onto the bolt the wrong way! That's about all I know about putting that trans. together! Enjoying from Westcoast Canada. Cheers

You haven't built very many transmissions. Gasket doesn't need any sealer but front retainer bolts do have to have sealer on their threads.

Thouroughly enjoyed your lecture/presentations! You obviously have backgrounds in teaching and engineering. I have never seen a garage as clean as yours - there is no detritus or greasy stains - I really appreciate your “clean” approach to rebuilding the transmission. What ever happened to the last episode of your transmission journey? Anything new to tackle with the ‘31? I look forward to new episodes!!

What a good video.... thanks

Good instructions and video.

Great video George! My transmission went BANG yesterday and I lost 1st gear. I will have to do a full rebuild now and your instruction is by far the finest. Your wooden casting is a fantastic demonstration piece. I've bee reading that the cage bearings in the cluster gear are of poor quality these days and causing many failures. Do you have any recommendations to source a properly built set of bearings for the cluster or some advice on what to look for so I can avoid these poor bearings?

Excelente muy detallado

Really slick so far!

Great video!

Great job and video.

Great job on the video. Thank you.

Muy buen video; muchas gracias

Great video, thanks!

George, great videos on your Model A transmission. I was recently tutored on a shift tower rebuild by Steve Mitchell (Mitchell Overdrives) and your procedures are nearly identical to the way he does it. Still looking for your installation video; did you make one yet?

I think I could rebuild a tyranny with your tutelage now. Very educational for a novice Model A lover.

O rings on reverse and cluster shaft - did you add those ? The unit I am working on does not have o rings or slots for o-rings to be installed. Very much enjoying the series of videos and they have been a great help for me.

Outstanding

great video i’m trying figure out why my clutch petal doesn’t return

Please George let me know when you are going to make the video to put the gear box in the car please 🙏

Do you plan on a video of a test drive with the rebuilt transmission?

Mr. Bell, regarding the pins that hold the shift levers in place, are the pins soft enough peen over, and do you put a bucking bar on top? Thanks

P.S, Love your videos!

Phil here again. I've got the transmission rebuilt now where do I find the video of installing the transmission? Thank you again.

Super video, thank you very much for the detail! I've watched 4 of your series, and perhaps this question should be directed to the 1st video about accessing the transmission, but do you have to remove the leaf springs in the rear of the car in order to remove the rear end? Can you remove the read end with the leaf springs in place? I would much prefer this method to accessing the transmission than removing the engine. But, I'm a little bit shy about the rear springs.I've got a 1931 closed cab p/u that needs a transmission re-build.

Back in the day when Ford had his model A made, Did he build the transmission in his plant or did someone do it for him?

Question, Today's transmission in 2023 car. Are they the same way build?

1931 Model A with a 1932 model B four cylinder engine.

good night, my name is Ricardo, I have a ford A year 29 I live in Campinas S.P Brazil I'm in doubt, can you help me? I need to check the point of the car's engine, remove the screw from the command cover and place the end of the screw in the hole in the command gear, which is the top dead center (I only know so far, and the rest) you can help me ?

What causes 2 nd gear to whine on drive not coast.

Dear Mr. Bell, my friend was given a Model A Ford Roadster by her father, who is 90 years old and suffering early dementia and cannot aid in the maintenance of the car. I have done some repairs (changed water pump, lubed chassis, new battery, etc.) but the car will not engage in reverse gear. everything else works great. Any ideas on the issue/problem would be greatly appreciated? No grinding or noticeable sounds when trying to engage reverse, just won't reverse?

Is it possible to upgrade it with synchromesh

Does this type of transmission take a heavy gear oil?

I don't see the final video showing you putting the transmission back in the car. Did you finish that one?

Did you use a modern synthetic gear lube to prevent future wear?

George your videos are excellent, were you a teacher?

Should the collor and the spacer on the main shafts be replaced or can your old ones be reused? How did you peen the rivets inside the shift tower?

You wound the tape in the wrong direction on the first bolt at 2 min 18

I don’t seem to be able to find the reinstall video. Has it been posted?