Re: A Tale of Two Patricians

Posted by Packard Don On 2021/3/12 17:59:31

On the big spark I saw initially when connecting the battery, I had then disconnected the body feed and hot-wired it for starting. There are two wires. One by itself which I believe is for the headlights and the other for everything else and when I touch the former to the battery connection on the solenoid, nothing happens but if I touch the latter, there is a large spark, the solenoid clicks and the starter tries feebly to turn! I never saw that happen before.

Now trying to add some fluid to the Ultramatic once I figure out how to remove the cap! They must have put it there, then built the car around it! I think I can just reach it if I remove one end of the shifter.

I think I see what feels like brake fluid on the bottom of the chassis but I believe it is only spillage from the filling and pressure bleeding.