Re: "Waking Sleeping Beauty" .... The Blog!

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2011/2/13 15:19:13

Plans about testing the transmission hit a snag yesterday. I can't keep the engine running long enough to engage. Runs great while on the gas poured down the carb throat but once that is used - nothing. The fuel pump is doing it's bit in spades. Matter of fact, just the little while the engine was running (tried three time), there was gas all around the front of the carb and intake manifold. Fuel sediment bowl needs a new gasket for one but I think the needle valves are stuck open or some other gremlin lurking in the carb. So, I pulled the carb and called Savas Tuning here in Portland to get them to rebuild my carb. They've done great work for me in the past but now I get some strange recording about a huge back log, yada, yada, yada and it looks like they can't do it. If anybody has any suggestion about other causes please feel free to jump in. Fortunately, the little tag on the carb is still present, so I ordered a carb kit from NAPA. It will be here Tuesday.

One other note about the clock. One of the things I really love about bringing back an old car is the little bits of evidence you find that give you a clue to the past owners.

As I was just about to re-install the clock, I noticed some writing on the back of the case. On close examination, I saw that it was a list of dates beginning with 5-14-60. They were about 3-5 years apart up to 1979. My guess is that they were put there when the clock was serviced. That someone cared about this car enough to get the clock serviced goes a way to explaining the over all good condition of this car. Somebody loved it!