Re: Tim's '55 Patrician
Posted by Tim Wile On 2012/2/9 17:17:07
Since the temperature reached a balmy 42 degrees Fahrenheit this afternoon, I thought that I would put in a bit of time on the Patrician's fuel system. I dropped the original fuel tank for the second time and placed it in the garage for further examination. I'm thinking of trying to repair it later when I have the time and inclination. But now, forget it.
I worked on my replacement fuel tank a few days ago and it appears to check out fine. I installed the new FoMoCo fuel level sending unit in the tank and then installed it on the Patrician. The old rubber hose going from the filler tube to the breather tube on the tank was hard and cracked so I'm going to replace it with new rubber. No surprise there. Later on tonight, I'm going to get some fresh gasoline and try out the replacement tank. Hopefully, it will feed and I'll be able to get the Pat's engine running on its own fuel system instead of the Rube Goldberg set-up that I bought it with.
I would really like to get the engine running for a period and let it reach its operating temperature. I'm sure that hasn't happened for quite a while. We'll see how that goes. I still have a muffler on only one side so my neighbours should know when the Pat's running. That's the good news.
The bad news is that the 25-gallon compressor that I bought from Sears in November crapped out on me already. Thus far, I've only used it for five or six short periods to fill tires. The motor seems fine, but the air compressor appears to have seized. Great. Fortunately, it is still under the manufacturer's warranty and I dropped it off at the local Sears repair shop this afternoon. I was told that it will probably be two weeks before I get it back. Wonderful.
I worked on my replacement fuel tank a few days ago and it appears to check out fine. I installed the new FoMoCo fuel level sending unit in the tank and then installed it on the Patrician. The old rubber hose going from the filler tube to the breather tube on the tank was hard and cracked so I'm going to replace it with new rubber. No surprise there. Later on tonight, I'm going to get some fresh gasoline and try out the replacement tank. Hopefully, it will feed and I'll be able to get the Pat's engine running on its own fuel system instead of the Rube Goldberg set-up that I bought it with.
I would really like to get the engine running for a period and let it reach its operating temperature. I'm sure that hasn't happened for quite a while. We'll see how that goes. I still have a muffler on only one side so my neighbours should know when the Pat's running. That's the good news.
The bad news is that the 25-gallon compressor that I bought from Sears in November crapped out on me already. Thus far, I've only used it for five or six short periods to fill tires. The motor seems fine, but the air compressor appears to have seized. Great. Fortunately, it is still under the manufacturer's warranty and I dropped it off at the local Sears repair shop this afternoon. I was told that it will probably be two weeks before I get it back. Wonderful.
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