Recent content by stevematta

I'm new to the hobby and bought this truck - my first A just a few years ago. I owned a coffee company and wanted an old truck that would turn heads to draw attention to my business. This lil truck did the trick! But as the economy started to slow down, the demand for fresh roasted beans...

A very good question, Josh. I'd like to know if the coils I have are good, bad, weak, or other. I assume a continuity test would tell if the coil is broken, but then I understand that the coil body is filled with oil - so that might act as a conductor and give a false reading. I bow to those...

The truck is 6v, not 12. Warm to the touch? Do you mean after attempting to start or just whenever the ignition key is in the "on" position? It seems you suspect a short somewhere. I do have a couple of fuses in the wiring - but they appear okay. But I guess the coil could be "absorbing" the...

I have the opposite experience...the Tillotson carb I'm using now is a replacement while I rebuild the Zenith. I much prefer the Zenith and I'm anxious to get it back in my truck. I've had trouble fine tuning this Tilly to start and run smoothly. Seems it's either racing or it wants to die on...

No - starter is fine, bendix is engaging. But when the engine is cold and/or hasn't run in several weeks, it takes repeated attempts to start. Somewhere along the way, the coil is getting toasted and nothing will happen when I try to start the engine. If I replace the coil it will likely...

I have a new distributor with modern plates - that didn't solve the problem. The ignition switch, distributor wire and ignition wire (to the distributor base) are all less than a year old. I'm wondering if the effort to do a "cold start" is creating a problem for the coil. Sometimes it takes...

I have a 1930 Model A pick-up and I'm finding I need to replace the coil about once every two months! What's going wrong? It all began months ago...I had trouble starting the truck. Someone suggested it might be a weak coil, so I put in a new one. POW! Started up with little effort. It ran...