Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan

Posted by Ken_P On 2011/4/18 16:12:35

Ok, I had what they call in my business a "gross concept error."

I thought that the flex hose ran from the fuel pump to the carb; a little careful reading and application of logic indicates that the flex hose actually went from the hard line on the frame to the fuel pump. I didn't notice that because my fuel pump to carb line was mostly wrapped, so I thought it was a hardened flex hose. Also, sometime over the years, a different fuel tank was installed in the car and rubber hose run from the fuel tank to the fuel pump. I put a new fuel line (rubber, with an inline filter) from the inlet of the fuel pump to a rubber gas can just to get the car running. I don't know how clean the other tank is, and I didn't want to add an additional factor while I was trying to sort things out. I haven't looked along the passenger side frame rail for the original hard line, so I'm unsure if it is completely missing or was just bypassed for some reason.

In the future, I will probably have to sort out fuel gage sending unit; right now it reads full when it's empty, so I'm sure the sender is a later, incorrect unit. Not todays problem though, and tomorrow doesn't look good either!

I did call Arthur Gould, and they're going to rebuild my pump for $95 plus shipping as soon as I get it to them- the local post office closed early today. Tomorrow it is.

~Ken