Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/11/18 20:02:55

Thanks Howard. I really don't want to drop the tank again, but it looks like I might have to. I should have just attached a ground wire to the sender while I had it off. Oh well.

Good know about the oil passages on the passenger side of the engine as well. I wondered what those plugs were for over there.

I ended up getting a cheap oil pressure gauge from the local parts store. After I cleaned off the layers of caked on grease, I was able to see how the oil pressure sender was currently connected. Looks like someone in the past had already put on a tee fitting, and plugged the bottom. I removed the plug on the bottom and attached the gauge there. Theoretically I should be able to still have the idiot light as well as see an actual reading.

Also figured out that the correct filter for my Fram filter assembly is the Fram C-4. It fits much better than the smaller Napa 1080, which would be correct for the factory oil filter canister.

Fresh oil, filter, ethanol free gas, charged battery, went to start the car and didn't work. Cranks, but obviously no gas is getting pumped. Even after quite a bit of cranking. Float bowl is bone dry and no signs of gas anywhere. So what did I do wrong?


-Kevin

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