Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/12/7 21:15:34
Slow progress, but progress nonetheless. I did more work on the trunk, following JW's example on his. For now I did the whole floor sections, but not the wheel wells or sides. Not sure if I'm going to do those or not, but at least I have a semi-finished trunk. It does look a lot better than what it did when I got it.
My carb rebuild parts came in from Mike's Carburetor Parts, so I got to work on rebuilding my carb. I am totally clueless when it comes to how carbs work, but I took lots of pictures of everything while I was disassembling. The Motors manual is also very helpful. Good diagrams of all the parts for each system.
The float bowl was completely empty when I opened it. Bone dry. And there was a fairly thick layer of grime and junk in it.
I bought a gallon of carb cleaner and soaked all the parts and cleaned them up as best I could. Lots of scrubbing and quite the mess. I scrubbed everything with soap and water afterwards, and blew it all out until it was completely dry. Things cleaned up fairly nicely I think.
I painted the lower black because after cleaning it up it appeared to be bare iron and I don't want it to rust.
The kit I got from Mike's seems like it's pretty well put together. All the gaskets match. Parts seem well made. Not sure what this pin is, but the one in the kit was twice as long so I put the old one back in. The accelerator pump is longer on the original as well. Is there a way to change the length on the new one?
Lastly, the gas in the filter bowl is yellow. The gas in the tank is new ethanol free (10 gallons). Why in the world would my gas be this color? Fuel pump issues? Also, then trying to start the car last no fuel was going into the bowl....could this be caused by air getting into the lines at the connections?
-Kevin
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My carb rebuild parts came in from Mike's Carburetor Parts, so I got to work on rebuilding my carb. I am totally clueless when it comes to how carbs work, but I took lots of pictures of everything while I was disassembling. The Motors manual is also very helpful. Good diagrams of all the parts for each system.
The float bowl was completely empty when I opened it. Bone dry. And there was a fairly thick layer of grime and junk in it.
I bought a gallon of carb cleaner and soaked all the parts and cleaned them up as best I could. Lots of scrubbing and quite the mess. I scrubbed everything with soap and water afterwards, and blew it all out until it was completely dry. Things cleaned up fairly nicely I think.
I painted the lower black because after cleaning it up it appeared to be bare iron and I don't want it to rust.
The kit I got from Mike's seems like it's pretty well put together. All the gaskets match. Parts seem well made. Not sure what this pin is, but the one in the kit was twice as long so I put the old one back in. The accelerator pump is longer on the original as well. Is there a way to change the length on the new one?
Lastly, the gas in the filter bowl is yellow. The gas in the tank is new ethanol free (10 gallons). Why in the world would my gas be this color? Fuel pump issues? Also, then trying to start the car last no fuel was going into the bowl....could this be caused by air getting into the lines at the connections?
-Kevin
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