Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2019/6/29 17:08:42

I appreciate that, David. I gave your name to a retired aircraft mechanic I met on the Oregon Coast coming home who is buying a 1941 160 sedan next week which is missing its speedometer.

I still need a distributor with good bushings to replace my wobbly one.

BTW My clutch is fairly new, so we'll wash it once the source of brake fluid or oil is nailed shut.

I have a very clean double-action fuel pump that makes sucking sounds, so we'll try that and toss the other one. Never heard of the top section breaking off.

A real puddle on the garage floor under the passenger side this morning had no smell. The DOT 5 brake fluid has no smell. But the doggone master cylinder was full (after 200 miles driving twisty coastal 101. But there is a lot of oil on the bottom of everything in that same area...some from the ventilator pipe and some from the fuel pump. (I didn't need wipers on this trip or might have known when the fuel pump broke. None now.)

I'll work on it tomorrow, at least remove the fuel pump.