Re: A Tale of Two Patricians
Posted by Packard Don On 2018/2/24 23:18:58
The task today, after spending half of it going into town (it is VERY rural here) was to put in fresh oil and top off the coolant. After putting back in the oil pan's drain plug, I added oil, then dug out a filter from my stock. Since they were near the top of a 9' shelf and I wasn't sure which was needed, I brought down two different types but the C-4 was much larger and apparently for my former 1940 110 Club Sedan. Taking off the filter housing cover, I took out the old one, then used a hand pump to remove the somewhat sludgy stuff at the bottom, wiped it out with a clean rag, then put in the new. However, the one I took out was a C134 and the new ones are C134PL, which are smaller around. Which is the right one. C134 or C134PL? The lengths seemed to be the same.
When I was here in October, I managed to get as far as adding some coolant but after a couple gallons, I ran out and it still wasn't full so I bought more today. I put in one full gallon, then started on the second but realized that there was a pinhole in the radiator housing so I'll need to deal with that. I do have spares, though, so will check to see if any are usable or whether it needs to be repaired or replaced. My goal this visit is just to see if it will start up and run so the pin hole won't be a problem just yet but obviously will need to be tended to eventually.
By then I had frost coming out of my mouth and realized that I had run out of propane so the heater was just blowing air! I connected up a small tank to work a while longer but it was dark by then with a walk of about a block over an unlit snow-covered gravel road so I called it a day.
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When I was here in October, I managed to get as far as adding some coolant but after a couple gallons, I ran out and it still wasn't full so I bought more today. I put in one full gallon, then started on the second but realized that there was a pinhole in the radiator housing so I'll need to deal with that. I do have spares, though, so will check to see if any are usable or whether it needs to be repaired or replaced. My goal this visit is just to see if it will start up and run so the pin hole won't be a problem just yet but obviously will need to be tended to eventually.
By then I had frost coming out of my mouth and realized that I had run out of propane so the heater was just blowing air! I connected up a small tank to work a while longer but it was dark by then with a walk of about a block over an unlit snow-covered gravel road so I called it a day.
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