Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan
Posted by Joe Santana On 2013/4/7 13:18:51
Experienced continued problems with "fluffing," JW. I tried some Stabil and that helped. I added 10 gallons of aviation fuel, that helped even more. But I finally took it in to a professional shop for analysis. It's my carburetor. Electrical is perfect, which made me pretty happy since I spent some time on that, cleaning up the distributor and adding new wires.
When I was trying to figure out the timing, I followed the book instead of common sense. The manual shows clockwise firing order, but eventually figured it should counterclockwise on my car. In the process however it backfired pretty loud a couple of times and may have caused a problem with the carburetor. The analysis was that the engine wasn't getting any fuel under stressful situations. The carburetor pump is sticking or something. Pumping the pedal helps. I've taken it out for an evening drives in the country without any real problem. Steep hills are touch and go, however.
I was reading (dangerous for me) that there is a spring associated with the carb pump that should be 1-1/2 in in length and maybe needs stretching if it's less than that. I'm going to order a rebuild kit.
Bruce (Abbott Instruments) finished my clock and it runs perfectly. Of course, that handy hole I got used to into the glove box after many months is blocked by the clock.
David Moe was at the Portland SWAP Meet this weekend with a large booth. Fun to see so many items I no longer need. Olson Gasket was there, too, so I ordered some gaskets to stop all leaks from pan and vicinity. I managed to get oil on my clutch plate. Since I sealed the back end of the pan by adding copper washers, it's much better, but in a lug it wants to slip, so I'll get a new plate from Gary Brinton, Prineville, Oregon.
At the show I was also looking for some items for my sons Joey (53 Buick Super sedan), John (65 Mustang convert and 62 Corvette) and James (61 Jag 3.8 sedan). Joey took some enhanced pix of the Duchess last visit here.
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When I was trying to figure out the timing, I followed the book instead of common sense. The manual shows clockwise firing order, but eventually figured it should counterclockwise on my car. In the process however it backfired pretty loud a couple of times and may have caused a problem with the carburetor. The analysis was that the engine wasn't getting any fuel under stressful situations. The carburetor pump is sticking or something. Pumping the pedal helps. I've taken it out for an evening drives in the country without any real problem. Steep hills are touch and go, however.
I was reading (dangerous for me) that there is a spring associated with the carb pump that should be 1-1/2 in in length and maybe needs stretching if it's less than that. I'm going to order a rebuild kit.
Bruce (Abbott Instruments) finished my clock and it runs perfectly. Of course, that handy hole I got used to into the glove box after many months is blocked by the clock.
David Moe was at the Portland SWAP Meet this weekend with a large booth. Fun to see so many items I no longer need. Olson Gasket was there, too, so I ordered some gaskets to stop all leaks from pan and vicinity. I managed to get oil on my clutch plate. Since I sealed the back end of the pan by adding copper washers, it's much better, but in a lug it wants to slip, so I'll get a new plate from Gary Brinton, Prineville, Oregon.
At the show I was also looking for some items for my sons Joey (53 Buick Super sedan), John (65 Mustang convert and 62 Corvette) and James (61 Jag 3.8 sedan). Joey took some enhanced pix of the Duchess last visit here.
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