Water Pump

The original water pump is leaking and looks to have been for awhile as there is a good rust stain at the moter pan joint. The "T" has a honeycomb radiator which the previous owner had just had repaired before I purchased it, (this was in the lower front right corner of the radiator). I thought I would try without the water pump and see how Bonnie/Clyde performs.
Removed the water pump and found that the horn  support bracket that was attached with the water inlet bolts had one ear cracked off so needed to replace it. Attached a new water inlet casting and horn support bracket with new bolts. Found that the horn would now hit the steering column if mounted with an extra bracket attached to the horn. Need to make a new plate to offset the horn up and away from the steering column.
Put the water hoses and pipe on to the casting and attached to the radiator bottom. Refilled radiator with water (no antifreeze yet).

Rear Wheels

Pulled off the rear wheels with the help of a borrowed wheel puller. The brakes are metal shoes without any lining, maybe latter I'll replace with lined shoes. On the drivers side there was a slight leak of fine lubricant. removed the end cap, felt seal and washer, and pulled out the bearing. This bearing had no grease in it just fine lubricant like oil coating. On the passenger side removed the same parts. This bearing was packed with dried grease such that I had to scrape and dig to remove it. Neither side had internal oil/grease seals. Cleaned both bearings and measured them and they were all around 0.498 - 0.497 diameter and looked in good shape (these are the original Hyatt style bearings). The sleeves had some pretty good grooves in the outside edges so replacement was called for. Installed new neoprene seals and bearing sleeves, packed the bearings in grease and reinstalled them. Cleaned out the two grease cups on the axle shaft and repacked with grease. Replaced the end caps, felt and washer with new components, and reinstalled the wheels after cleaning and painting.

Crank

One of the parts that I received was a spring for the crank to keep it disengaged. I installed this spring on the crank. Additionally I installed a front choke wire which was not on the car. Now I can choke it from the front while cranking without opening the hood and stretching to reach the carburetor.

Going Topless

As noted previously the top is in real bad shape and needs to be replaced. Got a replacement top from CarTouche, instructions say that it is best to install when temperature is about 75 degrees. Well this is the middle of winter it's going to be awhile before we see that. Anyway in preparation removed the old top and bows. The bow wood have a lot of tack holes in them and the front bow at one end had some rot from a previous moisture leak. Started to fill in the holes with toothpicks, but as I proceeded I got to looking at the joints to the bow irons.
These bows are 3 piece wood assemblies in the irons. A curved piece inserted in the irons and a straight section across the middle riveted to the irons at each end. These joints were fairly loose so I decided to make new cross members after filling the old wood with hundreds of toothpicks (looked like a porcupine). Using the old sections as pattern cut new cross bars out of oak. Sanded down the irons and repainted them.
Right now Clyde is topless ( thank goodness she isn't Bonnie at this time).

Toot, Toot

The horn was not working on the "T" when I got  it, the previous owner was trying to fix it, but I took it off his hands before he got it working.
I completely disassembled the horn and cleaned everything up and repainted the steel parts as required. The internal terminals were corroded and need some clean up. Otherwise the internals looked pretty good. Bacically the vibrator points needed adjusted. Got it working, not as well as I liked but maybe as good as it gets.

Keep the Current Flowing

The main battery wires look a little ragged so decided to replace them and also clean up the electrical joints. Replaced the battery to starter switch and the switch to starter cables. Additionally replaced the battery ground strap and cleaned up the chassis ground connection. Put a piece of wood under the battery to raise it slightly to allow better routing of the cables over the battery holder top. There are no battery hold downs.
The rest of the cars wiring had been replaced by the previous owner with replacement looms. He said when he got it some one had wired the "T" with all the same color wires.

Tight Wheels are Happy Wheels

Pulled the front wheels as there was a lot of side to side movement. Wheel nuts were very loose, kingpins don't have much play in them. The bearings looked in good shape so cleaned them up and repacked with grease. put wheels back on and snug up nuts just to the point of wheel drag. Now have very little side play. Should be good for many fun miles.