Re: Vacation Car - 56 Patrician
Posted by CarFreak On 2024/4/26 11:00:09
So the trip was a success!! The car got down there no problem. There was an issue with the tank leaking, again, but the individuals that received the car took it to their mechanic to seal it up (with an O-ring). They claimed my steering box had a lot of play so they tighten that up, a little bit to much so I will have to back that off. But it was able to sit safely inside until we were able to pick it up. But driving around Orlando in traffic was no issue at all. Handled all the roads around Disney property fine. I was even impressed with the a/c. It still blew cold air. Unfortunately I was not able to find where the thermometer rolled to actually test the temps, but no worries I can do that this summer. I am also going to get 3in ducting instead of the 4in I originally planned since I was only had the passenger side vent hooked up for the trip. Thankfully didnt need a/c while we were down there. But the 3in duct work should give a little bit more room on the drivers side of the dash.
The only issue I ran into was coming back from the air port the car started to stumble and died before we got out of the airport exit. Somehow I managed to find a "safe" space to pull off and noticed the glass fuel bowl was empty. Not having a fuel gauge in my tool box (never packed it....), I finally got gas back in the fuel bowl after 10-15 minutes and away we went. Got to with in 2 miles of the resort and it died again. I could only crank it so much before the battery and my jumper box died. I called Ross and he gave me some pointers but with missing a gauge to see what the fuel pump was doing I was SOL. So we had to flat bed the car the rest of the way to the resort. The following day I did a part and tool run and initial diagnostics lead me to believe there was no blockage in the line or tank (all that stuff was new and fuel was pissing out of the line when I took it off the pump inlet) and the suction on the pump was good. The pump was only able to push 3.5-4 psi out the outlet before and after the plastic filter I put in before the ceramic filter. According to the service manual that is within range. However, I tried the suction and pressure on the mopar fuel pump I stuck in the trunk and that pushed out 7-8 psi. Feeling that 4 psi was low and anywhere I looked online said carbs needed 6-7 psi I put the mopar fuel pump on. Started right up and didnt have an issue the rest of the trip. I am going to put back on a plastic filter again and make a better fuel line routing than what I did in the parking lot of the resort. The pump that was on there initially was a rebuild ford T-bird pump since that also had the vacuum pump on there for the wipers. But seeing how often this car will ever see rain, I figured running off of engine vacuum will be just fine. I am thinking maybe heat had something to do with the ford pump failing. Whether something was warped or the diaphragms showing a hole once it got warm.
But other than that it was awesome driving this thing around down there. Below are some pictures of the trip.
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The only issue I ran into was coming back from the air port the car started to stumble and died before we got out of the airport exit. Somehow I managed to find a "safe" space to pull off and noticed the glass fuel bowl was empty. Not having a fuel gauge in my tool box (never packed it....), I finally got gas back in the fuel bowl after 10-15 minutes and away we went. Got to with in 2 miles of the resort and it died again. I could only crank it so much before the battery and my jumper box died. I called Ross and he gave me some pointers but with missing a gauge to see what the fuel pump was doing I was SOL. So we had to flat bed the car the rest of the way to the resort. The following day I did a part and tool run and initial diagnostics lead me to believe there was no blockage in the line or tank (all that stuff was new and fuel was pissing out of the line when I took it off the pump inlet) and the suction on the pump was good. The pump was only able to push 3.5-4 psi out the outlet before and after the plastic filter I put in before the ceramic filter. According to the service manual that is within range. However, I tried the suction and pressure on the mopar fuel pump I stuck in the trunk and that pushed out 7-8 psi. Feeling that 4 psi was low and anywhere I looked online said carbs needed 6-7 psi I put the mopar fuel pump on. Started right up and didnt have an issue the rest of the trip. I am going to put back on a plastic filter again and make a better fuel line routing than what I did in the parking lot of the resort. The pump that was on there initially was a rebuild ford T-bird pump since that also had the vacuum pump on there for the wipers. But seeing how often this car will ever see rain, I figured running off of engine vacuum will be just fine. I am thinking maybe heat had something to do with the ford pump failing. Whether something was warped or the diaphragms showing a hole once it got warm.
But other than that it was awesome driving this thing around down there. Below are some pictures of the trip.
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