Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/8/5 10:31:58
She lives again! Even after plug replacement and new wires the car ran incredibly rough. We went through and double checked everything, following the timing instructions in the Service Manual. Compression stroke on #1, align damper to 6 degrees before TDC, rotor in the right position, check all plugs to be sure they are in the right order, etc.
During our look-through we noticed the contact on the top of the rotor (the part that contacts the lead coming from the coil) was bent over somehow. We straightened that out, cleaned all the contacts, and loosened the distributor so we could adjust it.
Fired it up and with a small twist of the distributor it smoothed out and was nice and quiet. Idle speed is right about 450 RPM, and confirmed the timing with a timing light.
With the engine running smoothly we decided to test the transmission, so we placed the gas can we were siphoning from in the trunk, shifted the tools on the floor so my friend and his son could sit on the bare floor, and I sat on a plastic crate. Transmission worked great, but then realized I had almost zero brakes so I'll be looking into that next. Driving up and down the gravel driveway was uneventful and very satisfying.
Sorry, can't upload a video so a picture will have to do.
-Kevin
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During our look-through we noticed the contact on the top of the rotor (the part that contacts the lead coming from the coil) was bent over somehow. We straightened that out, cleaned all the contacts, and loosened the distributor so we could adjust it.
Fired it up and with a small twist of the distributor it smoothed out and was nice and quiet. Idle speed is right about 450 RPM, and confirmed the timing with a timing light.
With the engine running smoothly we decided to test the transmission, so we placed the gas can we were siphoning from in the trunk, shifted the tools on the floor so my friend and his son could sit on the bare floor, and I sat on a plastic crate. Transmission worked great, but then realized I had almost zero brakes so I'll be looking into that next. Driving up and down the gravel driveway was uneventful and very satisfying.
Sorry, can't upload a video so a picture will have to do.
-Kevin
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