Re: '55 Patrician with Carter Carb, Houston TX

Posted by Bob E. On 2016/4/26 11:44:57

I wish you guys lived in Houston...

JW: The ballast resistor is there, it is just out of the camera frame in the location shown in the photo HH56 posted. That thing gets hot...


HH56: I can post better pics tonight but the vacuum setup is screwy. The large vaccum hose coming from the back of the carb goes to the Treadle Vac unit and then to the vacuum reservoir inside the driver's side fender area. There is a smaller diam metal tube that T's off where this hose connects to carb, which you can see in the picture, that goes to that rubber hose that unnaturally curves up to the wiper motor. The car does have the glass jar for the washer fluid.

The tube on the lower left of the picture I posted seems like it should be that vac tube from the vac pump in the oil pan. But there is no vacuum coming from it. The fuel pump is not the one I was expecting based on pictures and has another part to it with a tube connecting the inlet and outlet. I am assuming this is the double action fuel/ vacuum pump as you mentioned but the vac section is not doing anything.


A havent got smart enough yet on the TL to know how to answer your question about compensator, limit switch etc.

I'll post more pics, engine info later. thank you for your help so far.