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I painted the plate first, let fully dry. Then put blue masking tape over numbers/lettering, covered rest of plate with newspaper (or you can mask the whole thing off). Took a light to mid sandpaper and sanded the edges of the numbers cutting the tape, then removed the tape revealing the number...

Welcome back Bill! Glad to hear you're home!!

1930 Deluxe Coupe, been in the family since 1975, took ownership in 2006.

Get well soon Bill. Glad to hear you're ok!

Hi Guys, wanted to update you on where I'm at. So I cleaned out the carb and had more rust dust come out. Put it back on and she ran better, no pop at startup. Will be installing the gas valve screen to help with the rust. I still think she can run better, so hotter plugs might be next and maybe...

There are bigger flakes of rust in the bottom of the glass fuel bowl.

Hi Bill, This is what I found in the carb bowl. It's not much but it's there.

Hi everyone, I started on the list of items to check that were suggested. I checked all the point gaps and made sure they were to spec., tightened the manifold bolts (they were only torqued to 40 ft. lbs.) have them at 45 now. Checked and cleaned both battery cables. Just pulled the bottom...

Thanks for the info guys, I'm running 3X champion plugs. Carb is a new old style zenith from snyders. The starting issue is the problem that's bothering me the most. Would jets be an issue here?

Hi everyone, been working on the "A" and finally got her running great…but I started to notice at the last two start ups she popped/snap right as she fired up. Not a big bang but a pop or snap, like a loud spark type noise or small backfire from carb. I checked the timing and its dead on. She...

Joe, no I ended up getting a new zenith copy of the original from Snyders. I did look at the 13922 but wanted it to look original.

OK it's been a long time but I wanted to get back to everyone on this issue. 2013 was a busy year so I didn't get around to this for a while. Ended up replacing carb with new Zenith. Car stared up great, idled great. Smoke came off exhaust pipe again, let it smoke until it stopped (must have...

Thanks for all the info guys. The plugs differ in appearance. Currently the 1,2 and 4 plugs are a little on the rich side but look ok (1 is richer than the others...). The #3 is pretty clean, light burn to it but basically looks unused. I'm hoping the cracked exhaust manifold has something to do...

I've done a compression check and all is ok. I've checked for spark and I know I'm getting spark to the plug. I was afraid it could be a head gasket leak. Is there any other way to check for leak before pulling the head?

Hi everyone. I pulled the exhaust manifold and intake manifold off the engine due to a cracked exhaust manifold. I noticed the #3 cylinder exhaust port on the block is clean while the others have carbon. Not sure why this is. Any ideas? Is it even a problem?