Re: KPack's 1954 Panama
Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/12/15 0:49:17
Thanks for the advice guys. Finally got a chance to work on the Panama today. Took a few pictures of the inside of the choke housing. I'm definitely missing a few things in there. The piston is present in the place it is supposed to be, but I'm missing all the linkage that connects to the choke lever.
Ross offered a complete carb at a good price that I will likely pick up. It would be handy to have a spare carb on hand to use for other parts as well.
Started the car up a few times today and let it warm up to temp. I will need to redo timing and idle speed, but will need to borrow a friend's equipment for that. Throttle feels sticky....like it sometimes doesn't go back to normal idle. Kind of stays high sometimes. I think I need to go through and lube the throttle linkages. Probably will lube the throttle lever as well where it rotates in the throttle housing.
Question, when I went to start the car after sitting for a week, it wouldn't start. No fuel getting to the carb. There was fuel in the glass bowl, but apparently the float bowl had dried out. Cranking for a few seconds didn't seem to move any fuel. Seemed odd to me. Putting some fuel into the float bowl allowed it to start right up. Would an air leak at a fuel line connection cause fuel to not pump? I did find a small leak at the connection shown on the picture....gas would dribble out every time more fuel would splash into the glass bowl (which seems to be empty most of the time). I've sent an email off to Dwight Heinmuller about it, since it seems like a defect in the connection on the flex line.
-Kevin
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Ross offered a complete carb at a good price that I will likely pick up. It would be handy to have a spare carb on hand to use for other parts as well.
Started the car up a few times today and let it warm up to temp. I will need to redo timing and idle speed, but will need to borrow a friend's equipment for that. Throttle feels sticky....like it sometimes doesn't go back to normal idle. Kind of stays high sometimes. I think I need to go through and lube the throttle linkages. Probably will lube the throttle lever as well where it rotates in the throttle housing.
Question, when I went to start the car after sitting for a week, it wouldn't start. No fuel getting to the carb. There was fuel in the glass bowl, but apparently the float bowl had dried out. Cranking for a few seconds didn't seem to move any fuel. Seemed odd to me. Putting some fuel into the float bowl allowed it to start right up. Would an air leak at a fuel line connection cause fuel to not pump? I did find a small leak at the connection shown on the picture....gas would dribble out every time more fuel would splash into the glass bowl (which seems to be empty most of the time). I've sent an email off to Dwight Heinmuller about it, since it seems like a defect in the connection on the flex line.
-Kevin
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