Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/11/19 13:10:27
Ernie - thank you. It was taking quite a bit of cranking. The car hasn't been started in over a month and all the fuel system components were new (and empty) except for the main line from the front to the back.
Success! I unattached the flex line at the hard line connection, then blew compressed air into the fuel tank and confirmed that fuel was making it to the front of the fuel line. Then used a large syringe and injected fuel through the flex line into the inlet side of the fuel pump (about 50ml at least). Refilled the carb float bowl and got it to start. It was very rough at the beginning but got better.
The fuel pump (vacuum section) was super loud for several minutes, but that eventually quieted down as well.
The Good
-Oil pressure on the gauge shows about 25-28 lbs at idle once warmed up. Increased to somewhere above 30 when rev's increased. I'm assuming that's a decent reading.
-Temp gauge works now, so that's a positive. The picture shows the temp after idling for 15 minutes. Not sure what that correlates to in actual degrees Fahrenheit.
-New heat riser spring seems to work as expected.
The Bad
-Car still smokes out the exhaust a lot. I'm not sure what to make of that. I can't tell what it smells like (no sense of smell right now) but I'm assuming it still smells like oil. Fuel coming into the glass bowl is clean and clear.
-Also seeing two spots of smoke/vapor in the engine bay. One is coming from the heater box, which makes me think the heater core is leaking. Correct? The other is coming from somewhere down between the intake and exhaust manifolds. See arrows on picture. No idea what the second one is.
-I'm not seeing any flow through the radiator once operating temp is reached. Upper hose is pretty soft, and I've never felt any coolant run through it. Stuck thermostat maybe?
-Car stumbles and dies on anything but the very lightest acceleration when in gear.
-Kevin
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Success! I unattached the flex line at the hard line connection, then blew compressed air into the fuel tank and confirmed that fuel was making it to the front of the fuel line. Then used a large syringe and injected fuel through the flex line into the inlet side of the fuel pump (about 50ml at least). Refilled the carb float bowl and got it to start. It was very rough at the beginning but got better.
The fuel pump (vacuum section) was super loud for several minutes, but that eventually quieted down as well.
The Good
-Oil pressure on the gauge shows about 25-28 lbs at idle once warmed up. Increased to somewhere above 30 when rev's increased. I'm assuming that's a decent reading.
-Temp gauge works now, so that's a positive. The picture shows the temp after idling for 15 minutes. Not sure what that correlates to in actual degrees Fahrenheit.
-New heat riser spring seems to work as expected.
The Bad
-Car still smokes out the exhaust a lot. I'm not sure what to make of that. I can't tell what it smells like (no sense of smell right now) but I'm assuming it still smells like oil. Fuel coming into the glass bowl is clean and clear.
-Also seeing two spots of smoke/vapor in the engine bay. One is coming from the heater box, which makes me think the heater core is leaking. Correct? The other is coming from somewhere down between the intake and exhaust manifolds. See arrows on picture. No idea what the second one is.
-I'm not seeing any flow through the radiator once operating temp is reached. Upper hose is pretty soft, and I've never felt any coolant run through it. Stuck thermostat maybe?
-Car stumbles and dies on anything but the very lightest acceleration when in gear.
-Kevin
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