Re: Ken's 1937 120 Touring Sedan

Posted by Ken_P On 2020/11/23 9:21:27

Thanks guys!

Kevin - a gano filter is sold by Eckler and numerous other vendors. It is a straight piece of clear plastic tubing, sized to slide in your radiator hose. It is installed in your upper radiator hose, and prevents any gunk, rust flakes, etc, from getting into the radiator. It has a conical mesh filter.

EDIT: Apparently, Restoration Supply Company is the main vendor.https://forums.aaca.org/topic/253549-gano-filters-update/

I actually got mine on Amazon, because I forgot to order it, and was in a hurry.

The valves - I was a little scared of trying to do it with the engine running, but other than burnt knuckles and a lot of muttering, pretty straight forward. Steps:

1. Make a chart of all the valves so you can keep track of what you do.
2. Get the car all warmed up to normal temp
3. Take off whatever is in your way. I did it before I put on the front clip, so it was easy. With the front fender on, you have to pull the tire and the inner fender. I'm sure it's similar on your car.
4. I used two feeler gauges, one for exhaust, one for intake, so I didn't have to keep switching blades. I used three 9/16 wrenches. One was a tappet wrench (thinner cross-section) and the other two were normal. If you don't want to buy a set of tappet wrenches, you could just buy a cheap wrench and grind it thinner.
5. Hold the lifter, loosen the retaining nut, and turn the tappet screw incrementally until the feeler gage will just slide in. I found when I was getting them right, you could actually hear the engine bog down as the feeler gage went in.

On a few of the hard to reach valves (#8 exhaust, #5 exhaust), I adjusted them, turned off the engine, tightened the retainer, then started the engine and checked again.

Use the cardboard to mark off what you've done. I found it was easier to do all the intakes, and then all the exhausts.

If I had to do it again, I would make a set of fingerless mechanics gloves to protect my hands. I needed the dexterity of my fingers, so I didn't wear full gloves.

On the Evaporust, I got onto the idea from a few guys on the AACA forum. A few guys have rigged up a pump and heater to cycle it through the engine with it off. Apparently, it works BETTER when it's warm. That stuff is magic.

EDIT: Here is one link about it:https://forums.aaca.org/topic/348445-the-phone-rang-and-then-the-next-car-adventure-starts/?do=findComment&comment=2095888

Since my car is operable, I'll just run it instead of coolant when there is no freeze danger. I can't find the link, but one guy on the AACA forums (EdInMass) ran it for eight months in his Pierce-Arrow, and said the internals looked shot blasted! Seems like it's worth trying, especially since I didn't tear it down enough to hot tank the block.