Re: 1938 Super 8 1605 - adventures with a newbie

Posted by kevinpackard On 2023/2/18 15:35:08

Got some stuff done today. Flushed the brake system and bled all the brakes until it was clear. The old fluid was dark brown, nasty stuff. The brakes work much better, though there is still much more pedal travel than I would expect. And this is after adjusting all the brakes.

Retorqued all the head bolts to 60 ft/lbs, and all of them definitely needed it. Warmed the car up and adjusted the idle mixture screws and it idled much better.

We took it for a quick test drive and even jumped on the street for a few hundred yards. Stills shakes when accelerating, but overall rides smooth. I'm able to lock all four tires with the brakes on gravel, which the car didn't do before the rebuild.

Once we get the carb rebuilt I'll redo the tuning and see how it runs. Slowly making progress.

-Kevin

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