Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by HH56 On 2019/6/29 15:52:38

Joe, having all those problems is too much like adventure! I don't know about you but at my age I would opt for less adventure than you seem to have on your long trips.

The wiring harness as far as I am concerned is inexcusable. I am a firm believer in solder connections and to have only crimps makes me wonder if you are not going to find other issues. As I see it whoever made the harness did not use a quality crimp tool or didn't use quality terminals. Either way there could be other loose connectors waiting for an inconvenient time to act up. Maybe you or your son could give a quick tug on some of the wires going into other connectors and see if any wires want to pull out before the next trip.

Unless there was a crack in the pump housing that went unnoticed and finally broke about the only thing I can think of is something made the rod travel too far and the housing couldn't handle the extra. Assuming the pump has the proper arm and throw for the car perhaps something came loose internally and the upper rod jumped out of its proper location.