Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2018/3/11 21:07:34

CLOCK: It's back from ClockWorks and Jerry did a great job. I wasn't aware I had a cracked glass fuse in my light switch that feeds the clock. When I first switched on the battery after installing the clock, it ran for a bit and then quit quit after 40 minutes. Per Jerry's instructions, I removed the clock and connected it to a battery and it, of course, ran perfectly. That sent me on the search for the problem. I replaced the fuse, reconnected and it's running perfectly.

SHUTTER THERMOSTAT: As mentioned I inquired about rebuilding it, but the cost $700-800 was not acceptable. This made Max Merrit's $400 price with gasket actuallyl sound reasonable. John installed it today. The worst part was disconnecting the screw-on connector. It was locked on to the old thermostat. It took a torch to get it to turn and a grinder at the bottom of the bellows to free it. Anyway, it was installed, and when I got home from Salem, the shutters were open. This is a really cool feature.

KNEE ACTION SHOCKS: As Dave the flackmaster predicted, we needed a saws-all to cut through the bushing and pin through the upper control arm on the driver's side, the two pieces had become one via metal migration. The right side took a lot of pounding, but it came out whole. John installed the new rubber inserts from Steele and the new pin kits from Max Merrit. Also filled the shocks with Jack oil, which is where this project began. Quite a difference going over manhole covers. So we will do this when we rotate the tires, every 5K miles. Disconnect the pin and pump the arms to fill the shocks, added a fresh coat of copper never seize. WE'll never have this issue again.

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