These long videos are No Problem. It is really good to see you work out these problems. Everything doesn't have to be fifteen minutes. You are talking to a crowd of enthusiasts. Up to an hour for us, is like one class and certainly not an unpleasant way to spend an hour. Great Stuff Paul....

Every time I see your video I pick up a new tip. Thanks and keep them coming.

I am glad to see new videos around the model A

I wish you were my mechanic.... very clean work! Perfection !

Thanks for making these videos Paul, I discovered your channel a few months ago right when it seemed to get much more active as I was looking into helping take care of my Grandmother's Model A. I think your clarity and production surpasses most if not all the other model A maintenance videos I have watched. Keep up the great work!

Thanks for the great video Paul, Going to replace manifolds on my 1929 Tudor this afternoon, I have more confidence after watching your tutorial.

From an old timer USMC Helicopter Mechanic / Crew Chief..... You did a perfect job !!!... Nice & clean & sanitary !!!

I have a cracked Exhaust manifold, so that was a good lesson in the proceedures! Thanks Paul!

Thank you for your time for the video and I’m getting closer to my first model A.

Was never a big fan of cars this old but find these videos very interesting. MUCH easier to work on than any modern cars.

The car is beautiful & your video was very informative with great tips.

Far Best model A videos ! Thanks Paul

Paul Outstanding video very well done I learned several things at age 78 ... I have been driving and working on Model A Fords since I bought my first Model A in 1958 it was a 1929 Tudor sedan at least it had that on the title I drove it for six months Joined a Model A club and a guy saw my Model A and burst out laughing I said why are you laughing ? he said Do you realize you have a 1930 Tudor sedan body with 1929 fenders and chassis ! I had no idea . I drove that model A for 7 years all through High School and after too. I estimate I drove it at least 100,000 miles . My Model A I have today is a 1929 standard phaeton which I have driven and worked on now for over 15 years and the beat goes on . keep those Model A's rolling guys

Hi Paul...Wanted to send a big THANK YOU your way for this and the later video where you replaced the intake gaskets on Tina's '29...watching these provided the confidence I needed to install replacement manifolds on my late '31 this afternoon...I have studied all of the "how-to" books, but if a picture is worth 1000 words then so far as I am concerned a video is worth at least 100 pictures!...your videos made my project today a "no brainer" and an enjoyable afternoon spent working on my Model A....Thanks again.

Learned so much from your video and I like your cars. I own a 1973 VW Camper which I'm always getting under the deck and I can use this information. Thanks for the Video.

I can vouch for the high temp RTV methods. I've used this on muscle car headers, heavy trucks and tractors. The key is just enough to cover but not too much and always let it "skin" over like you said. I've had this work for a decade of service no problem. Great Videos!

I always enjoy watching your videos!

Thanks Paul for a great video. Helped me get through my first manifold gasket change. Keep up the great videos !!

Well I watched two of your videos this aft. Nice Job on the Mitchel gearbox installation no metal Cutting or welding Nice. And the exaust Manifold replacement Repair good work Simple thanks. Dwight.

Hey, I like that new aftermarket manifold. Dresses up the motor with the green/silver contrast.

Thanks for another great video (Though I didn’t see it until 2022). Watching you work and explain your methods is very reassuring, especially for something like a manifold leak, which we all seem to have to address sooner or later. God bless!

Wow... I thought that was an excellent video ! Not too long at all. Thank you.

Watched to the end and enjoyed every minute. I do not own a Model A or any vehicle at all with doors (totally unnecessary!). Still it is a pleasure to watch a man who appreciates the complexities of properly maintaining an internal combustion engine. Thank you for an enjoyable time. I'm thinking if someday I go back to four wheels I would be most happy with a Model A.

That was fun and you have a super nice car! If I had the room, I'd have an A for sure. BTW, I like your old radio collection!

Hey Paul, great videos. I just got a 1930 Tudor same color as yours. Not in nearly as good of shape as yours but it runs and drives and I love it.

Job done done! I wouldn't have attempted this job without your excellent step by step tutorial Paul. My 31 cars engine number shows it was made in 31 but didn't have the machined grooves in the block, so I couldn't install the gland rings! So fingers crossed my new manifold stays good! Thanks again Paul!

Parabéns elogiável mecânico Paulo! É um prazer assistir seus vídeos.

Very Informitive Paul Mammal! The sedan is so beautiful

Have a few model A’s and love your videos thanks for posting. I have a 28 pickup. A Gordon smith model a air compressor and a 1930 model a powered logging equipment.

Enjoy your vids...thanks for posting.

As always, a super good video. I've got to do the same job soon on my '29 standard coupe (a cracked intake is the culprit on mine). Thanks. Paul.

Great Video and not too long at all. I loved the view from inside the car when you were driving. Maybe add more of that camera angle! Thanks for all you do!

I like how you remain calm. I let the expletive fly, I'm such a quick triggered mechanical bully...

Thx Paul, enjoyed watching.

You do great work and the motor is so clean.

It sounds like a Ford. What more need be said......except that you ground the gears when you backed out. Thank you for the excellent lesson, Paul.

I am having this problem right now, but oh so hard to do on a RHD ! Real tight fit to get manifold on + off. I will have to check for cracks as it does not want to seal. Thanks Paul for all your videos, it really helps us keep Model A's on the road. Cheers from NZ. -Wayne.

Glad you are doing well in 2022. You gave us a scare. This time a year ago I was in the hospital with covid for 29 days, and took two months of theropy to get well. I am good now. I have a 31 standard coupe I bought in 1959 when I was 16. which I did a full body off restoration, a 28 Roadster, a 29 2 dr sedan and a 31 wide bed pickup which I am 3/4 done with a total restoration. Keep up the good work, I enjoy your channel. Chris Watters from Stewart Tn.

A disabled friend had a ‘29 Tudor with an obviously blown manifold gasket. I drive the car once in a while to keep it going. Thought I would tackle changing the gasket. This video gives me some idea of what to do. Thanks!

Awesome video! The aftermarket reproduction manifold still looks good.

Another great video. The exhaust manifold on my 30 Fordor cracked, so thanks for this video.

If only moderns were as easy to work on! I'd even be able to do much of the work myself!

Great video, thanks!

i dont have a ford model A neither a drivers license but i still love these videos

Beautiful vlog love your car

I needed this video about a year ago, I had the same issue... I didn’t know about using the rings... after trying several different things I ended up using them and they worked great... still no issues 🤞🏻 great video! Would love to see how you machine them for flatness...

Paul, I have developed an exhaust leak. I have the manifold off the car. So... this was a very helpful video for me today. On another subject. I think it must be Christmas because my Mitchel Overdrive just arriver that I bought last September. Regards to Tina

Thank you Paul! I was curious about gland rings and where they go! My manifold didn't have they 29 Town Sedan Murry Built!

Putting aside the non - overhead valve engineering, the manifolds for this engine actually look surprisingly advanced for the era in which they were produced. Compare them unit for unit with carbed int/exh manifolds from any us manufacturer produced in the 70s/80s, *including Ford* & the newer designs look absolutely clunky next to them. It's like time flowed backwards for several decades.

You look like you realy enjoy your life I can see you are a good mechanic too I am enjoy your videos I was a mechanic For 30 years still work on some things from time to time. See you later.

My gasket leak produced a very illusive squeal,.....maddening to find. I thought it was the Distributor so I now have a rebuilt Distributor and soon to have new gaskets. And there you go !

Standard torque for a 7/16" bolt is 49 ft/lbs. Thats not for hardened or specialty applications. You had to use a socket here but if you could have used a combination wrench, the size of the wrench as hard as you can pull is usually the correct torque for that bolt size. SAE standards set up before we were even born! Good sounding engine! I have a '29 pickup l havent driven for 4 years. I need to get back to it!

lOVE YOUR VIDEOS KEEP THEM COMMING

Love your videos!!!!

Very nice repair video. I was sad to see that you scratched and dented you oil filter a little when you removed the manifold the first time. You have some wonderful cars and produce some great videos featuring the Ford Model A.

Paul. Could you explain on one of your videos how you got an oil filter to mount to a model A engine. Thanks! Jim

This video came up on my feed. Ahh... Here is the Tudor again. :)

Something Snyder’s is carrying now that connects exhaust manifold to the exhaust pipe - no-nut required connection. Back portion is threaded so you only bolt on. Real slick.

Your doing exactly what a good mechanic Service tech car Doctor Would do. For an intake or exhaust leak Antique or current Production for todays Car's according to specs. Or improvement spects you follow it. As we say in amateur radio to someone on the air fine business Ol man. One suggestion do it or not up to you take the car out for a 10 mile drive put it back in the garage and check the manifold torque to the Head again the gasket may take a compression set it may need a little retorquing. Depending On gasket design Materials and heat Tollerances. I had a car once I went through the manuals to find when to retorque things around the engine the cars engine lasted over 200000 miles domestic brand Regular maintenance and repair made it last a long long time with motor oil changes and other fluids 2 kept it from rotting to the ground. Who says Japanese cars last longer than our domestics... is hogwash. Some foreign cars need repair more often than our domestics. I was a professional mechanic before I retired I'm 63 and I've seen it all your good... Nice job on the antique street cars Ford mo. A's original equipment and all. Your Friend. Dwight from Allenpark SE michigan Detroit Above and to the W. Of Lake Erie.

After watching this, and thinking about my own lack of facilities, I am considering calling my first series : From the Carport. Should get interesting when the rain comes again.

Super video again.

Nice job. Many others will learn much from watching. Perhaps a video using the old manifold show how to sand it smooth would help?

Good content !

The oil on the copper gaskets of from the stamping press used in manufacturing.

Thank you for the video Paul, I just purchased a 1928 Model A and it has a exhaust leak in the same spot. So I’m going to do this and hope it’s only a gasket issue. 😊

Phillips Milk of Magnesia is great antisieze. Used it on Turbine engine ignitors.

You work like a surgeon very informative and a beautiful car. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

I was watching the removal of the manifold and noticed that besides the leak at No. 4 cylinder, there looked like a leak at No. 1 on the bottom half of the exhaust port. So, by fixing the leak at No. 4, you fixed the leak at No. 1. This is called a 'two for'. haha.

Well Done

Excellent video like all your material, thanks. Question: You are using a chemical gasket maker between the exhaust muffler and inlet manifold connection flanges. Do you recommend using only that to achieve good sealing, or also the copper insert they sell. I used the insert only and have a leak. I thought it would be redundant to use a chemical gasket.

Probable cause for the manifold cracking is thermal expansion. To reduce the chance of a repeated thermal expansion crack use a lower torque and always use the rings.

I really like the single bolt muffler to manifold clamp....sooo much easier.

Hey Paul, I am a new subscriber to your channel and I am throughly enjoying it. Keep up the good work!! i have a question for you. I see that you use both versions of oil filter attachment. Which one is your true preference. I have ordered the timing chain housing version. Am i wrong in thinking that either of the two are full flow anyway.

Very interesting and entertaining, lol

Interesting, I did this with my 1928 Tudor and found that there was a recess for gland rings on my intake manifold as well.

Great job imho.

Oh is that how it's done? Lol, Great job buddy!

Good video! Leather hood corners are incorrect for fine point judging.

....I like your vintage ('60's) Craftsmen ratchet......Mine never made it's way back from my brother-in-law....

A warped manifold is going to fail yet again, take it off, have it trued up by a good shop, forget any 'sealers', the rings are OK but nothing beats a straight & true manifold. I use a soft copper gasket in the exhaust connection, this helps a lot with that.

Paul my exhaust manifold has the classic droop on the rear port and is leaking there and at the clamp. I just had the manifold shaved and added new copper gaskets but it still leaks. Should I have the reproduction manifold shaved with the intake manifold together for sure? And do you think I can reuse the new copper gasket or should I just get a new one as well? Thanks brother for these great videos!

You should do a video on doing the ignition timing. I know how. But many would find it novel.

Funny, just replaced my gaskets. Mod A 28 Closed cab PU. GROL/Radar. Pismo Beach.

Paul, another great video. I was absorbed through the work process. Thank you. I'm surprised to see an Oil Filter. Stock? Did you put Thread-Lock on the manifold nuts? The torque sequence is unlike what I've know. Is it really OK going from rear to front? No crisscrossing?

Beautiful car.

that oil filter was made in Albion Illinois and it was original painted white

Beutyful car!!!!!!!

I keep watching and learning from these videos, even though I don't (sadly) own a Model A. One thing that I continually notice, is not only are your engines extremely clean, the paint on them is very shiny so the look like new. I re-painted the engine in my Flathead V8 about two years ago-it is no longer shiny like that. Do you have any advice/recommendations to keeping the engine shiny sir?

Paul thanks for all your videos. My great grandfathers model A finally arrived to Tucson this past week and is sitting in my garage. And well, it’s in a lot worse shape than I thought. I have a couple questions. 1. It sounds like it’s backfiring when I drive and even when at idle at times. At first I thought maybe it wasn’t getting fuel, but upon first inspection I see soot around the manifold where it meets the block. I’m assuming an exhaust leak. thoughts? 2. I’ve watched your video where you’ve rebuilt the distributor and timed the car. Before the the truck arrived I bought a the ford wrench to turn the crank so could find TDC, but the wrench doesn’t fit around the nut. I have a 1929 AA and it looks like the nut at the end of the crank is meant for a special tool may grandfather may have used with his manual hand crank, are Those a different shape than a normal wrench similar to what I see you using in your video? 3. Finally- I decided to be brave and remove the distributor so I could see if the point are correct… well they are far from correct. The issue I’m running into is the distributor is sieved in the block so I can’t pull it. I purchased a distributor puller from Braxtons last night, but my question is, can I keep the lower distributor rod or do these typically need to be pulled and replaced as well at this point? 4. On my first drive after pulling it off the transport truck I couldn’t get above about 10-15 miles MPH, do you think any of the issues mentioned above could be the problem or is this more of a carburetor issue? Thanks again and sorry for the long questions

Great video

I'm a new model A owner, '31 sport coupe which currently needs the GAV opened 1/2 turn to idle smoothly and avoid stalling when I stop. One likely reason for that I'm told is a vacuum leak though spraying starter fluid around the intake manifold and carb hasn't revealed anything yet. Doesn't seem like there's play when trying to wiggle the throttle shaft, I'm strongly suspecting a vacuum leak from the port that goes to the wiper motor (wiper currently doesn't work) I didn't see in the video a gasket going between the carb and the intake, but I'm assuming you did. If so did you use sealant there and what did you torque the bolts to? Love your channel, fantastic resource!!!

OBD 1 or 2??? Great Stuff!

Hey Paul, Two questions! One, for a fussy guy, why did you just bend the vacuum line haphazardly out of the way? Secondly, why not just pick up a fairly easy to find “original “manifold in good shape and have it surfaced if needed...? You have plenty of time to find a decent one. Otherwise,you have he best Model A vids going for those who need some guidance and the only ones I can tolerate when I want to check in on what someone else may be doing, right or wrong...LOL... I have been running Model A’s daily, off and on since 1973, and hopefully your vids will prompt more folks to do so also. Best Wishes ,in 4 cylinder Fords, DMS.

Paul Do you have a good source for the green engine paint? Loving your videos. Thanks.

I see a spin on 1-A oil filter on your rig, In my day, I do not remember working on any "A's" with a spin on.... Is it a retrofit ? Btw, Great job, very clean ! (or, maybe it was on the "T's"?)

are the crankshaft in model a's cross plane because they sound as rumbly as v8s

Hi just want to say love your channel. I have a quick question I have a 29 Phaton that is drinking gas. Less than a mile on a half gallon of gas. Have tried everything, not sure what else to do. Valves are in spec, timing is dead on. Carb is not leaking, no fuel leaks anywhere. Tried two different carbs. Still just sucks it down. GAV valve 1/4 turn out. Any ideas?

I have a model A valve tool. I thing its for installing valve guides. Make an offer!

Hey Paul love your great explanation on your videos. Got a question. On the channel Two Guys and a Ride, bout a year ago titled daily driver 1930 or 31 Model A. At about 4:15 into the interview the question was asked, since he had the car since high school and now he’s up in age, how fast have you had her. Reply, bout 70. But that’s too hard on a long stroke engine. Before I started pulling mine apart for paint, I would drive my Model A Coupe Deluxe everywhere within Parish lines. One day I was making a parts run for another project and saw in the distance one of the SPEED NOTIFIERS IN CONSTRUCTION ZONE. To let you you know how fast you are going, so naturally I stomped it, when I passed it, I was wide open running the Good Gulf. It said my top speed was 51. On the way home I knew where it was so I had all the start I needed and got the same result. I run it about 40-42 normally, cause that’s where she likes it. I of course would like it more if she liked it closer to 55. The old gentleman being interviewed said that’s where his is comfortable. Now admittedly he’s said the engine has been out about 10 or 12 times. Cause any work needed the engine’s gonna be in the way. I don’t know anything about the internals of my engine, don’t smoke, and only drops about 2 drops when I park her. She’s no trouble at all. But just saying, if a guy wanted that 55, what would he need in the engine to accomplish this?

Q? ~ Where did the paper fuel filter in the glass fuel bowel come from? Thanx. Ours only has a very fine screen.