Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan
Posted by Ken_P On 2011/3/15 18:36:09
Well, got the car home(ish). Haven't done too much to it yet, we're still looking for a rental while we're in CT. It isn't running at the moment. It ran a month ago, but when I went to pick it up, we couldn't get it to go. It would pop and sputter right after priming the carb, but nothing else. When we tried pull starting it, it would pop and stutter but not stay running. I put 3 gallons of fresh gas in it prior to running, but nothing else.
After I got home, I pulled all the plugs and put a couple squirts of oil in each cylinder. After cranking it over with the plugs out for a second, I put a thumb over each hole, and they all had good "finger-compression." (No compression gauge yet).
I also looked at each plug on the block, and the spark appeared pretty strong. I ran out of daylight, so didn't look at the distributor, but the wires looked good.
The tank was supposed to be empty, which is why I put fresh gas in, but today I took the inlet line off the carb and cranked. The good news, fuel comes out. Bad news, it smells REALLY bad- varnish, color off, etc.
I ran out of daylight, but I'm going to get a battery charger tomorrow, get the battery good and charged and then stick a filtered line from the fuel pump suction into a gas can. If that doesn't work, I'll start in on the electrical side- distributor, no cracked cap, good rotor, etc.
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After I got home, I pulled all the plugs and put a couple squirts of oil in each cylinder. After cranking it over with the plugs out for a second, I put a thumb over each hole, and they all had good "finger-compression." (No compression gauge yet).
I also looked at each plug on the block, and the spark appeared pretty strong. I ran out of daylight, so didn't look at the distributor, but the wires looked good.
The tank was supposed to be empty, which is why I put fresh gas in, but today I took the inlet line off the carb and cranked. The good news, fuel comes out. Bad news, it smells REALLY bad- varnish, color off, etc.
I ran out of daylight, but I'm going to get a battery charger tomorrow, get the battery good and charged and then stick a filtered line from the fuel pump suction into a gas can. If that doesn't work, I'll start in on the electrical side- distributor, no cracked cap, good rotor, etc.
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