Re: Henry's 37 Limousine
Posted by Cli55er On 2017/3/2 0:29:39
talked to the carb people today and they are sending me the pictures they took when the carb arrived so we can compare. they take pictures of all the carbs when they come in. I wish I had better pictures of it myself, but I don't. so far they are being civil about it.
can't really comment on what is wrong with it yet till I find out what will come of it, but I don't know that I'd send another antique carb to them. The issue is cosmetic related.
I went ahead and put the carb on the car, because its obvious I wont be sending it back in. it does operate fine, but I'm having some trouble with the choke setting and with it stumbling a bit when I give it sharp gas from idle. It did not used to do that.
it does put out some black smoke on cold start, so its running a bit rich on start up. its probably from pulling the T knob on the dash to get it to warm up. After warming up I don't have the burning eyes rich symptom anymore and I was able to get the idle down to 550 while maintaining correct timing, so that is good news. seems the vacuum leak has been corrected. It doesn't keep smoking when it warms up, just on cold start.
I had to heat treat the paint on the manifold again and the last part of that was driving it around. it drove fine. no stumbling and plenty of power.
I still have a lifter tick even after adjusting again. I'm beginning to think it may actually be from a lifter bore being a bit worn out. I never had them checked.
last but not least....not even a day after I lose hope of being accepted in the Concours de Elegance of Texas, did I get an email of acceptance!! looks like I got lots of cleaning to do for that show.
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can't really comment on what is wrong with it yet till I find out what will come of it, but I don't know that I'd send another antique carb to them. The issue is cosmetic related.
I went ahead and put the carb on the car, because its obvious I wont be sending it back in. it does operate fine, but I'm having some trouble with the choke setting and with it stumbling a bit when I give it sharp gas from idle. It did not used to do that.
it does put out some black smoke on cold start, so its running a bit rich on start up. its probably from pulling the T knob on the dash to get it to warm up. After warming up I don't have the burning eyes rich symptom anymore and I was able to get the idle down to 550 while maintaining correct timing, so that is good news. seems the vacuum leak has been corrected. It doesn't keep smoking when it warms up, just on cold start.
I had to heat treat the paint on the manifold again and the last part of that was driving it around. it drove fine. no stumbling and plenty of power.
I still have a lifter tick even after adjusting again. I'm beginning to think it may actually be from a lifter bore being a bit worn out. I never had them checked.
last but not least....not even a day after I lose hope of being accepted in the Concours de Elegance of Texas, did I get an email of acceptance!! looks like I got lots of cleaning to do for that show.
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