Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan

Posted by Ken_P On 2011/4/23 15:44:33

Well, the bendix appeared to a little gummed up, so I cleaned it throughly and then lubed it with a combination of PB-50 and silicon grease (light applications of both). Worked fine after putting it back together, and the car was trying really hard to start, but wouldn't quite do it. After a few minutes of cranking (with several close calls), the carb appeared to be leaking fuel everywhere. I tore it apart a few weeks ago, and everything looked fine, but it's not the right carb fo rthe car, so I did not put a rebuild kit into it. Tapped the body of the carb with a hammer a few times, suspecting a stuck float, and it stopped spitting gas out of the vent, so that worked.

By that point it was flooded pretty bad, so I removed the plugs, put two squirts of oil in each cylinder, and then cranked it over without the plugs in for several seconds to dry the cylinders out. After that, it fired for a few seconds, but never long enough to stay running or to respond to the accelerator pedal.

I also noticed that the spark plugs are Champion UY-6, not the UY-4 that is recommended. Does anyone know if the higher number indicates a hotter plug?

I guess a little smoke is a start. The battle will be rejoined tomorrow.