Recent content by Barry in St.Paul

Thanks guys. appreciate the input. Dave, yeah, I'm guessing my long battle with "weeping" at the M/C connections (enough to leave a spot on a clean shop towel), if I'd ignored it, would probably be the same as your long-term loss. Just hateful to know you have a leak (however small) and not...

Hi, I started my rebuild of my '57 chassis with DOT5 silicone brake fluid. Had a devil of a time getting all the connections to stop weeping, but finally did. Then, discovered the wheel-cylinders have very slight weeps, some DOT5 in the boots while sitting the past couple years (working on OTHER...

hi guys, Have any of you with Tom Wesenberg EVRs had problems with the charge "cycling" from nothing to full charge and back again? If so, were you able to solve the problem? I had posted earlier about problems with my generator cycling, (is 'all or nothing', no charge for several miles...

UPDATE; finally decided to tear apart my original cutout, and found that the inner (voltage circuit?) wire was cleanly broken off just at the bottom of the coil assembly, leaving nothing for me to resolver, so junk now. (I still can’t understand how with this defect, the points closed, and...

UPDATE: I connected a bulb across the fuse clamps, and finally found what I think is the culprit. The third (empty) post inside the headlight socket on one side is just a bit too close to the two headlight posts and when I wiggle the socket, the test bulb would flicker on and off. SO, going...

Thanks guys. Good tips, I never looked INSIDE the connector, as that part is original. YES, I do have the “correct” Brattons flat-head connectors (replaced the older bullet-head harness I used to have). I am going to try wrapping electrical tape around each one, or around the whole plastic...

Thanks. Won't say "couldn't be", but unfortunately over those 13 years, I've only put 2000 miles on it, it sits at my dad's farm and gets driven about twice per year :-( And have all new wiring and new rubber protective grommets, so nowhere to "rub". And I did look over the wires pretty...

Additional question: I saw in a post that you can use a bulb in place of the fuse for testing, to avoid blowing a bunch of fuses. I’m confused, the bulb would blow just like a fuse, wouldn’t it? Apologize for being dense here, but how could I use a test light or something to replace the fuse...

hi, I restored my 30 coupe several years ago, completely new wiring, etc. No issues until a recent drive and blew a fuse when turning the headlight switch on. Was counseled likely culprit was the headlight connection at the shell, so I disconnected them and no short (flicking headlight switch...

Thanks. Watching the You-Tube video, the last "by the way" moment COULD be key; I simply relied on the screws holding the cutout in place for ground (just like a starter..). Long shot, but will try confirming that is thoroughly grounded. Heading up to the farm tomorrow.

hi, I have a Tom Wesenberg (oh how I miss my friend!) EVR on my generator, and have put up with the "all or nothing" charging while using it with a diode-type cutout. Finally learned that his EVR needs the original style cutout to work properly, OR a wire needs to be cut on the EVR. I'm...

thanks. Yes, re: threads. Or, at least I wiped it off several times, and then later felt ONLY along gas tank/threaded area. And always damp. Brand new valve (not that they can't be bad). Would it wick UP the valve to the tank? Rest of valve not really anything much, sure seems to be the...

hi, just installed a new shut-off valve on dad's 29 roadster. Have always used Permatex high-tack on these, and never had one leak (or similar threads). Was disappointed a week later to come up to farm and wipe my fingers over the new valve and have slight weep, just enough to leave trace of...

UPDATE: after considering the layout of the horn button, and viewing a nice article that showed the button, bezel, spring and lever all apart, I remembered how it really worked and simply "rotated" the horn button back and forth several times, kind of 'grinding' it against the contact surface...

thanks all. Good food for thought; not sure if I'll get to it today (modern car winter-prep on Labor Day up here, on vehicle #2 oil and filter and air filter change right now...) Will post any new results. thanks again.