Repair And Fix it

Antique auto body tools recount the early days of car manufacturing. Henry Ford, the great industrial giant, according to Eye Witness to History, was an example of early 20th-century entrepreneurs who made automobiles affordable for the average working person. The Ford Company established factories with assembly lines of workmen who manufactured cars on a daily basis. Many of the tools these early workers used to construct and repair automobiles are now modernized and remain in use today.

Deluxe Tool Box

The deluxe tool box was initially designed for the 1928 and 1929 Model A Ford, according to Snyders Antique Auto. This tool box mounted under the radiator, between the front fenders. The deluxe box is situated best when the radiator apron is removed. Its locking lid is ribbed and is curved identically to the shape of the fenders. This box was an accessory and when it was installed it would block the crank hole.

Basic Tool Kits

Basic Model A and Model T Ford auto body tools kits included an array of gadgets, many of which were modernized and still used today. Tire irons were usually unpainted and stretched 10 inches long for maximum gripping, according to Model T Restore. Oiling cans were common as were wheel jacks, air pumps and adjustable wrenches. Antique pliers often included a screwdriver blade attached at the bottom of the handle. The heads of pliers opened a maximum of 1 1/4 inches. All pliers were branded with the Ford insignia and remained unpainted.

Accessory Tools

Grease guns were plated with solid nickel and gasoline sticks were fashioned long and lean for easy measurements. Antique tire gauges were attached with iron hexagon bolts. Once tightened, air pressure would trigger the needle in a handheld gauge, which would display the reading. According to ValveLock, Balloon Standard Tire pressure gauges read pressures from 0 to 80 psi.

The intake manifold on old engines provides the entryway of fuel and air into the engine and eventually the combustion chamber, where it turns to energy, powering the engine parts. Identifying this critical channel is fairly easy on old engines, since its connected to the carburetor, which performs the air-fuel mixing prior to going into the engine.

Instructions

1

Park the car in a place that is easy to work in if the car can be moved. Lift the car engine hood and prop it up to stay open on its own. Locate the carburetor assembly on top of the V-8 engine.

2

Use a flashlight to help see the engine parts if you cant see well with the regular room or area light. Locate the exit side of the carburetor where the air-fuel flow will go to the engine. Look opposite the side of the air filter and fuel lines connected to the carburetor.

3

Follow the carburetor to the metal tubular channels that go from the carburetor into the engine casing itself -- this is the intake manifold. Note how the manifold is bolted to the engine case to maintain its connection.

4

Check underneath the engine if the intake manifold is not visible from the top exiting the carburetor unit. Look for a manifold that enters the engine from the side after looping downward vertically from the carburetor.