Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/12/9 0:36:43
Thanks for the info! I was thinking the one with the kit was original design, but couldn't be sure. So it looks like the carb has been rebuilt at some point in the past.
Wrapped up rebuilding the carburetor tonight. The choke unit is not original. Currently it's just a manual choke housing that kind of fits, but it's good enough to close and open the choke plate. I'm missing some of the original interior bits, and I don't see anywhere to put the hot air tube on the exhaust manifold. So I'm not sure how to convert back to the original thermal choke.
I installed the carb back in the car with a new gasket, put some fuel into the float bowl, tightened my fuel line fittings, and cranked it over. It started on the second try, and once I got the choke opened up it started to run smoothly. Fuel is flowing into the glass bowl and it's nice and clear now. The car smoked like crazy as soon as I started it...the garage looked like a bomb had gone off.
Pulled it outside and let it warm up and idle. The smoke eventually improved and wasn't as noticeable. Oil pressure stayed 25 PSI for idle. I for sure will need to fine tune the settings on the carburetor, as well as recheck the timing. I also need to check the vacuum advance to be sure it works. Any tips on how to do this?
I took a video of the jets on acceleration. When I accelerate hard there is still a hesitation, but not like before. The car would die on anything but the very lightest of touches. Now I can gas it, but there is a one second delay, then it kicks in. Watch the video and tell me what you think. I accelerate slow and fast in the video.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/wLoQpBuXMk8
-Kevin
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Wrapped up rebuilding the carburetor tonight. The choke unit is not original. Currently it's just a manual choke housing that kind of fits, but it's good enough to close and open the choke plate. I'm missing some of the original interior bits, and I don't see anywhere to put the hot air tube on the exhaust manifold. So I'm not sure how to convert back to the original thermal choke.
I installed the carb back in the car with a new gasket, put some fuel into the float bowl, tightened my fuel line fittings, and cranked it over. It started on the second try, and once I got the choke opened up it started to run smoothly. Fuel is flowing into the glass bowl and it's nice and clear now. The car smoked like crazy as soon as I started it...the garage looked like a bomb had gone off.
Pulled it outside and let it warm up and idle. The smoke eventually improved and wasn't as noticeable. Oil pressure stayed 25 PSI for idle. I for sure will need to fine tune the settings on the carburetor, as well as recheck the timing. I also need to check the vacuum advance to be sure it works. Any tips on how to do this?
I took a video of the jets on acceleration. When I accelerate hard there is still a hesitation, but not like before. The car would die on anything but the very lightest of touches. Now I can gas it, but there is a one second delay, then it kicks in. Watch the video and tell me what you think. I accelerate slow and fast in the video.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/wLoQpBuXMk8
-Kevin
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