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Changed my mind.
Posted on: 2010/6/17 12:55
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Re: Carl's 1952 Packard 300
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The carb still has a delay when I step on the gas. Works fine if I sneak up on it. Why? Quote: That could be a number of things but suspect #1 would be the carburetor accelerator pump. Either the plunger is worn out, Agree with that. Probably just a dried out accelerator pump. When you look down the throat of the carburetor and pump the throttle do you see a good strong stream of gas squirting into the carb? If not the pump is the culprit. Maybe it's time to buy a kit and rebuild the carb.
Posted on: 2010/6/16 12:47
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Re: BTV blues...
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best to replace the seal again and wondered if they were available on their own without buying another kit or if somebody happened to have one. You should be able to take either one to a good bearing house (not your standard parts house) and they should be able to either match the part exactly or cross the number over to a replacement.
Posted on: 2010/6/10 16:09
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Re: Master Cylinder Refill 51 Patrician
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Is there an easy way to refill? Yes! I refill my master cylinder in my 51/300 by leaning over the drivers side fender with the hood open, Reach down and with a wrench remove the screw on filler cap, open a bottle of break fluid and simply pour it in. Have done it that way many times. Don't understand why anyone would pull up the carpet to gain access to what is right there under the hood. Hope this helps.
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am just not understanding how much it will contribute since you are effectively referencing the voltage in question between a tap point and output. Just draw out your own copy of the drawing from the above post and don't place the battery polarity symbols on the drawing just yet. Then place the + and - on the battery connections either way then reverse them. You will then see that the plug is still across the entire coil (primary and secondary) no matter how the battery is connected. Don't get hung up on the word ground. In this case "ground" really doesn't mean anything. The ckt will work the same no matter what the battery polarity is. I accept the explnation regarding why it is better for the spark to travel from the center electroide to the outer case of the plug.
Posted on: 2010/5/13 21:10
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Am not quite following unless my poor choice of words confused the issue. You always want the spark to jump from the plug wire or center electrode to the shell which would be the case with proper polarity is what I was trying to say What I was trying to rebut was the statement that the length of the secondary winding would change if the battery polarity were reversed. That the shorter primary winding would not be included if the polarity were reversed. That is not the case. The field built up by the primary winding and allowed to collapse will act on the two windings exactly the same producing the same voltage. The only thing that would change would be the direction of the induced voltage causing the spark to jump from the outer part of the plug to the center electrode instead of the other way around. Frankly I tend to believe that the plug may spark better in one direction however I don't know why that would be. It is not due to a lower voltage because reversing the battery polarity does not change that. Voltage stays the same. Added: An ignition coil, if my memory serves me, is called an auto transformer. The primary is the shorter of the two windings however it becomes part of the secondary wile the built up field is collapsing. Again battery polarity does not change that.
Posted on: 2010/5/12 23:12
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They are a transformer with two windings. However, in most ign coils the windings are tied together at one of the terminals so essentially it becomes a single coil of wire with a connection at one end and another somewhere farther up and then the third for the plug wire. Quote: If you change the wires so the polarity is correct as shown, you get the full effect of the entire winding between ground and the HV terminal. If you don't, then essentially the bottom or primary part is out of the circuit as far as the secondary is concerned since ground is now several hundred turns of the way up. The reverse in polarity also makes the spark want to jump from the shell to the center electrode which also reduces efficiency. This is, with out a doubt, the best explanation yet altho I think it is a bit incorrect. The only thing that would change,as I see it,is the direction of the spark across the spark plug. Quote: The spark is more efficient when jumping from the center electrode to ground rather than other way around. Here is a brief description of how to check.http://www.fifthaveinternetgarage.com ... ips_ign_coil_polarit.html
Posted on: 2010/5/12 14:14
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right blinker works good , left indicator light on gauge lights up for second then goes very dim. On a 51 there is only one turn signal indicator light in the speedometer housing. It blinks for both left and right turn indications.
Posted on: 2010/4/18 19:52
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The answer is simple. With both wheels on the ground they are both drive wheels. With the car off the ground (assuming both rear wheels are off the ground ) they are still both drive wheels however when driven this way the wheel that turns will be the one with the least resistance or you could say friction. Look up what a differential does. All your questions will be answered.
Posted on: 2010/4/5 13:43
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I found a guy here in Calif that restored my YOM plates for my 51. He did a great job but did not do any body work to them. Just stripped and repainted them. Cost was $100.00 each. I wanted to use the plates I had mostly because they were the original plates issued to the car in 1951. Found them in the trunk. How many 60 year old cars still have the first plates ever issued to them?
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