Recent content by kraken

I need to replace one of the bullet connectors. I have a box of original bullets. Is there a crimping tool that crimps the connector like the factory did or do they just need to be soldered? Thanks

He is running a 12 volt pertronix ignition, so there is no condenser. I am assuming that running a electric fuel pump would eliminate any vapor lock problems. I am leaning toward the coil. He took the carb off, and brought it over to me - the car is about 30 miles away. Just to prove to him...

A friend of mine has a '47 with a fairly stock flathead. It has been running great, but now it will quit after warming up and running about 20 miles. He thinks its the carb, or its vapor lock. Since he has an electric fuel pump, I don't think it is vapor lock. I suspect the coil, even though...

I agree with G.M. I had problems with vapor lock after driving for an hour and turning the car off for a few minutes. When I restarted it, it would quit after about 1 minute. I now fill up at a station with non-ethanol gas, and no longer have any problems.

If this is a V-8 flathead, I would expect only one side to overheat due to a blown head gasket. I think it would be unusual for both head gaskets to go bad unless they were not installed correctly. I have a blown head gasket in my 50 Ford that caused the drivers side to overheat when going up a...

That sounds like carburation to me. My 50 did that. I rebuilt the carb and it runs great.

Welcome back Paul!!! I hope your health has improved and you will be posting on here. Any plans for another trip in the '34?

Are you puking up antifreeze? If the gauge is pinned, I would think you would see a lot of coolant lose through the overflow. Mine did that a few years ago - turned out it was a leaking head gasket.

I ran AL 216's for many years and liked them. When my flathead started to burn a little oil, I changed to 437's, and they run cleaner due to being a hotter plug. Never had any luck with Champion's.

I looked up Rumbleseats user profile and noticed it has three periods before it (... Rumble Seat). I wonder if that is his problem. I don't remember him having the periods when he posted before.

Paul used to post about the long trips he took. They were so good, he should have put them in a book. He used to take at least one long trip every year - hope he still does or will be able to soon

I had an interesting problem with the Holley regulator. When I installed it, I had a slight leak on the pump side, and the plastic lens on the gauge got gasoline on it. I wiped it off, and it acutally ate the plastic, so the gauge was hard to read. I took it back and they didn't want to...

I did the same thing on my 50 Ford. I got the sending unit from Mac's, and it works great. As it turned out, I thought my original tank was leaking and bought the repro - turned out the rubber gasket was bad, and the original was in very good condition.

I ran a 6 volt Pos ground for about 2 years, and finally went back to points. When the engine was cold, it was hard to start. When it was warmed up, it fired and ran great. I called Pertronics, and the tech said the minimum voltage to fire the unit was about 4.5 volts. Sometimes I got 4.7...

Mine were dark purple. I removed them, and painted the bulbs green with model paint. Looks great and I can see the gauges at night.