Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan

Posted by Ken_P On 2011/8/29 11:24:55

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That's my fault for procrastinating! By the time I was able to put the word out, I didn't have a way to do it. West, I have your business card, but I don't know where it's at. There will be another chance one of these days, I'm sure of it.

Cutting the floor board for the car today, as soon as I get a little more motivation (coffee) in my system. I'm not going to bolt it in because I'm hoping to find someone to do the body work in the near future.

I put the flex hose in Friday, and promptly discovered that I have a fueling issue. The car would start and idle promptly and smoothly, but as soon as I put the car under any load, it would sputter and die. I initially suspected vapor lock, but repeated the test when the ambient temp was about 70 instead of 95, and it did the same thing. I took a marine gas can and plumbed it to the fuel pump, car works great.

The power seems a little a low, and it still smokes a lot, but it runs really smooth. I'm hoping the more I operate it, the smoother it will run. I've put about 20 miles on it so far. I did lose two hubcabs though! They were probably not restorable anyway, but it was still annoying. I believe they came off on my parents driveway, so my dad will keep an eye out for them. The car has been christened however- my wife decided Evelyn was a period correct and appropriately elegant name.

Edit: The fuel starvation is caused by a cracked fuel pickup tube. The car I took it from was so rotted out that I removed the tube from the trunk. The brass line had some pitting, but was pretty decent. When I put it in my tank, I had to bend it slightly, and it cracked. I sealed it up with some Bill Hirsch miracle putty, but that was clearly insufficient. When I'm working on the car full-time again, I'll solder or braze the crack, or perhaps put on a new piece of tubing.