Recent content by Bob Leonard

WOW!!! Five responses in nine hours. Noe, that's impressive. It looks like I need to take out the sediment bowl assembly and work with the gas line on my workbench to see if there are any cracks or if there is a misthread. Also, I have the old (possibly original) sediment bowl assembly, and...

I'm (still) trying to get my 1931 Deluxe Roadster back on the road, and every time I think I'm ready to crank it up, something else happens. I put a new sediment bowl assembly on it and hooked up the fuel line in the car. When I put gas in the tank, I noticed that the line was leaking where it...

Thanks for all of the great advice. It's getting ready to be really cold here and I have a lot to do at work this week, so it will probably be the weekend (at least) before I get a chance to try this. I'll probably do the easy things first (check for a good ground and test without the switch)...

I have another thread going under the title, "Getting my A back on the road-three questions." It's simply a conversation about my attempts to get my 1931 Deluxe Roadster back in service after 13 years. I have had a lot of great suggestions and some great general recommendations. I now have a...

Well, my parts, including the battery ground cable, came in yesterday and I was so hopeful that my problem was that I could not ground the battery due to extremely rusted-out connections. Unfortunately, the new, bright, shiny cable did not help. I hooked up the battery, and still no response...

I'll try tightening the starter rod. Thanks. As for the battery cable, the ground cable connection is completely rusted. I hit it with PB Blaster, but the tightening nut wouldn't budge, so I'm just going to change the cables out (even the negative one, although that one does not look bad, and...

NEW TROUBLE: I really thought that I would be starting my car this weekend. In addition to the things mentioned above (new plugs gapped to .035, installed a new gas valve, drained and replaced the transmission and rear end fluid, filled the steering box), I put the carburetor back on, filled...

Yes, I did get (and install) the "pencil" filter. I also got the new sediment bowl back on, installed the carburetor, and hooked up all of the fuel lines. Question: In my carburetor kit, I have paper gaskets. I see where some of the suppliers sell copper gaskets for several connections...

Oops. I meant to say 1 1/4 in wrench. That is what I measured and that is what the book said. I just misstated it. Sorry.

Well, I have run into my first problem that I couldn't solve. My goal this weekend was to replace the gas shutoff valve and the fuel sediment bowl while waiting on a delivery to get to work on my carburetor. At least, that was the plan. The valve was incredibly easy. It was on in a matter of...

No, that wasn't a hesitation really, just an observation. I understand that the acid bath will take the paint off, so I can accept that it will need to be repainted. I'll need to research that so that the paint job works. My carb kit came in along with the booklet about Model A Carburetors...

Wow. I never even thought about that. I guess that I now need to think up a name. Maybe that can be my challenge for the weekend. If I figure it out, I'll pot it here.

I'm not sure that I understand. You don't like the idea of starting it up on the jacks? The reason I want to do that is to see if there are any leaks or other problems before I take it down. If there are, I will still have it up there to get under it. Please let me know if that is a problem...

I did order the filter. There was already a tube put up there decades ago to keep sediment from coming down, but it also restricted my gas usage as the last gallon or two could not be used. I have hopes that the filter will solve that problem. I also ordered a filter for the sediment bowl. I...

Great responses, but this is turning out to be more than I thought it would be. I had planned to replace the missing fuel sediment bowl, slap the carburetor back on, install the new battery, and get going. As I said, planned. Reality is showing its ugly face. First, I cannot find the carb...