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56Clippers

Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga

#271

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Quote:

kevinpackard wrote:

The pushbutton isn't in adjustment. D seems to be Low, and H is what Drive should be. Some buttons don't move to others, etc. Going to have to learn how to adjust the actuator.

I drive almost exclusively in H right now. It seems to kick from low to high to torque converter lockup really fast. If I get on the throttle then it'll spend some time in all three, but normal throttle is bit of low, then like 1 second of high, then straight to direct drive. Engine chugs at low speed when in direct drive. I don't have a reference for how it is supposed to be, so I'm assuming that's not quite normal.

Time to go back to the factory settings for the actuator and the throttle linkage.
See the service manual section 7, pages 118 and 52 respectively.
And retest.

Posted on: 5/6 1:49

Pgh Ultramatic

Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga

#272

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On your wheel bearing concern, I found this in SC 30 #8.

If this proves too loose still, tighten 1/6 turn to undo the step of "back off one hex". (SC 30 #3)

I'll reply on the transmission question later...

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Posted on: 5/6 5:20

kevinpackard

Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga

#273

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Riki - thanks for the tips. I definitely need to read through the manual again to be sure I understand it, as well as get the car back on the lift to get eyes on the motor and actuator. My greatest fear is screwing up the adjustments even worse, so I need to be sure I have it right.

Bob - Thanks, I'll read through those sections.

PGH - That's kind of what I ended up doing. Snug them to 20ft lbs, then I backed them off just a tad, put the lock on and pinned them. Much less free play than before and on my test drive it didn't wobble or shimmy like it had before.

Posted on: 5/6 16:22

kevinpackard

Re: Mojave Tan - A 1956 400 Saga

#274

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I spent some time doing the throttle adjustments using PGH's excellent guide to do so. I think I have most everything dialed in. I was going to take the car out to do the road testing, but noticed oil all over the carb and the engine. It was obvious the air cleaner was the problem.

I've never messed with this type of cleaner before so it took me a minute to figure out how to get it apart. Looking inside the oil reservoir was empty.

Closer inspection showed a hole in the reservoir, allowing all the oil to drip down to the inside of the lower housing, and from there all over the carb and engine. The lower part is not fluid proof, and the oil was leaking from the crimp at the bottom of the air passage.

There's no way to get the oil out of the lower part due to the design. I ended up having to drill a hole down there to let things drain.

I used JB Weld on the hole in the reservoir, and will probably do the same on the hole I drilled once everything has been drained and cleaned.

Once it's all cleaned up it will go back on and I can test my adjustments. But since it's now no longer my weekend, I will have probably zero time until Saturday to do much of anything.

Posted on: Yesterday 19:34