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Good morning all. Well, I took the 31 roadster to the club meeting last night. All was fine until about halfway home it started to buck. By the time I got to my street, it was pretty severe. There was little power when I pressed the accelerator, but I did manage to get it home. I noticed...

Hi all - I have a 1931 Deluxe Roadster with the original cowl lights. Does anyone know the size/measurements of the screw that holds the lens to the light body? I looked it up and was told 10-32 x 3/8 but that screw does not fit into the hold in the bottom of the rim or the small bracket...

Hi all - can the ignition cable on a stock 1931 roadster be removed from the distributor without removing the head bolt clamp? I finally got the distributor to release but now I can't get that blankety-blank nut off and with my back, I don't dare go at it too aggressively. And of course, the...

Good afternoon all - i'm wanting to confirm something since i'm no electric engineer. I was testing the cutout per the blue book. I tested output to case, and it say OL, which according to blue book is what you want. Then, i tested output to input, and it read about 120 on the ohm scale. The...

'm about ready to chuck the carb on my 1931 town sedan For months it's been giving me issues, and I've been chasing them down. In essence, the car kept wanting to die when I slowed down/stopped. Once I stopped, it idled beautifully and ran beautifully too, except when I'd slow down. I've...

I'm having to replace the fuel adjustment needle and the adjusting needle housing. The instructions say to put the needle into the housing and push it in until the threads catch and then screw the needle in. My question is this - should this be done outside of the carburetor, and then install...

The front of the engine in my 31 S/W Town Sedan is covered in oil and I've got small oil drops on the ground just behind where the radiator sits. If you look at my video, you'll see that when spinning, the crank shaft has definitive lines of oil on it that apparently are being flung off, hence...

I have 2 zenith carbs for my Town Sedan. One allows the car to run and idle well, but nearly die when I slow down. The other allows me to start the car but then die immediately. This question has to do with the latter. One thing I noticed when I had them both off (again) was that the second...

Hi all - I'm looking to put some bud vases in the back of my 160B town sedan. I'm puzzled about the width of the wood around the window frames - I've tried feeling my way around, and unfortunately, it seems like the person who restored this used perhaps some insulating material or something...

Hi all - I've been reviewing previous threads because the windshield in my 31 deluxe roadster won't stay put - it keeps tilting inward from the bottom. Many responders have indicated that i should shim the wing nuts to make them tighter which I will do. However, many also keep mentioning...

Hi all - I waited at least 6 months for the new aluminum fan blades to appear. I got mine and we just went out this morning to put on in my 31 roadster. Guess what? It doesn't fit. We put the new blade on the water pump housing (sealed bearings so a leakless one) and couldn't get it on far...

Hi all - My 31 S/W town sedan has an issue with the side windows. As seen in this pic, the felt on the sides is there, as is some rubber in the top chanel. However, there is nothing to keep water out at the bottom. There's some rough wood in the door that is visible in the pic, and I'm afraid...

Hi all - Well, I thought this was going to turn into another of those "My car stalls when I stop" threads but it's more involved. Yes, the car does in fact die when stopping - no sputtering, just dies. I got the fuel-level checker from Renner's Corner and according to my reading, the fuel...

Does anyone know of anyone who rebuilds the generator cut-out switch? I had to replace the original one on my mostly original roadster. I'd like to have the original back on (but it was draining batteries dead). I know it involves taking the outer casing off which involves breaking welds, but...

I'm wondering if this is a case of me getting 2 bad Optima batteries, or my car is killing them. It's a 31 deluxe roadster, stock, 6V positive ground. In both cases, the car started and ran just fine, even after a rest of 2 weeks. In the latter case, I put a new battery in on April 4, ran it...

Hi all - after we replaced the manifold-to-engine gasket on my stock 31 Fordor, the car now has a very throaty sound to it, both idling and under load. Generally, the car runs fine, but this sound is very noticeable and quite prevalent at times, mostly under load. Is this normal? It seems to...

My 31 roadster is becoming more and more unreliable - so much so that I'm hesitant to take it out. Here's the issue: Sometimes it simply won't start on its own - by that I mean when I touch the starter rod, it sounds like the battery has been removed. Absolutely nothing happens. I can touch...

Ugh! I'm stumped. The car runs and idles fine, except when i remove my foot from the throttle to slow down, or when just slowing down, it sputters and dies more than half the time. It will start right back up again. I can overcome this by keeping the throttle advanced, but then I'm grinding...

Hi all - I went to remove the cap jet from a Zenith carb and it broke, leaving the threaded portion in the body. Any ideas of how to get it out, given that I do not have a shop in my back yard? Or, alternately, is there someone who would be willing to give it a shot if I sent it to them, for...

Good afternoon. My 1931 Fordor is having trouble with idle. Oftentimes (but not always) it will die on deceleration or at stop - it sounds like the idle is too slow. If I increase the idle, it doesn't, but the idle is too fast to shift without grinding gears. I have cleaned out the fuel...