Recent content by Lkitchens

Genef… you nailed it!!! Car is now running great. Thanks for the help!

Appears I have lost fire from the coil. New coil installed, so not the coil. Have I lost ground? Loose wire? Everything appears to be snug and in good shape.

Cleaned the fuel tank and it was running great. Drove to the gas station and filled it up, drove away and suddenly lost all fire. Took the fuel line loose at the carburetor and flowing great. I don’t think it’s a fuel issue this time, I’m not getting fire. Think the coil went out? Can’t...

thanks for the feedback we have found a lot of rust inside the fuel tank that is inhibiting fuel flow we are working to rectify that issue will keep you posted

1930 model, timing is set great and car runs wonderful for about 1/2 mile, then the backfiring begins. Had this issue before taking to mechanic and they have installed new pistons. But car is still doing the same thing, runs great and then goes bad after a short drive.

Fixed it! Swapped the main terminals and ran the non-solenoid wire coming from the switch to a good ground. Thank you all!

Nevermind, it just showed up

Thank you for the detailed response… but I’m not seeing the drawing

Sam, can you expand on your answer… I’m running from the negative battery terminal to to the solenoid, then out of the other side of the solenoid to the starter. The small post is being fed from the push button that is receiving power from the negative post. Are you saying I should feed the...

I've installed a new 6V RedTop Optima Battery with the same results.

I'm having trouble with the 3-post solenoid on my 1930 coupe. I can push the button on the bottom of the solenoid and start the car. But when i use the push button I've installed in the cab, the solenoid makes a rapid clicking sound and doesn't supply full power to the starter. I've tried 3...