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Thank you Mr Tom!! It appears that the short was in the field adjustable wire and/or the ground wire. I rewrapped both making sure they were tucked in and out of the way and all readings came up normal. I will try it in one of the cars tomorrow as I am over my limit of fun for today. Thanks again!!

I wasn't able to knock the field coil screws loose, so I took a break and started reexamining the wires. See the pics...one shows the crud that was the remains of a piece of plastic straw, electrical tape and very old cloth tape. I am going to try and reinsulate the bare wires and see what...

It was definitely covered some time ago, prior to me, and I looked but didn't see any bare spots on the wire. Externally this was a very nice piece but internally...lots of patches... I will pull the field out and see what I find...Thank you!

Thank you Mr Ron, all wires appear to be fine and away from the sides...

Good Morning Mr Tom and Thanks for the immediate response! Do you ever sleep? I tried what you said and the generator does spin slowly, with small but noticeable pulses, with the paper removed. But with the paper in, the charger was ******* all the way as if completely shorted..?..

I recently purchased a Powerhouse Generator. I took it apart, as well as the cutout, and cleaned it up. I wanted to test it before putting it on. I am pretty sure I put everything back exactly as it came off but I cant get any readings from anywhere while turning it with my Dewalt. I have...

6'1" - 250 - size 14's too... In both my '28 Roadster and '29 Phaeton, I get in on the passenger side, fish my left foot around the gearshift and push/pull myself over...tucking the right foot can be a bother if I haven't stretched out first...

Working on my hood. What do you guys use to grease the hood hinges? Thanks as always!

As usual, outstanding info with every angle covered...THANK YOU ALL!!!

I was able to save the graphite cloth from the old shaft and I am trying to reassemble a new shaft with new brass split bushings. On the new shaft, and I don't have a micrometer, but using a crescent wrench with size markings, the new shaft is less than half a millimeter in diameter larger...

Thank you sir! Great news because I didn't want to take it off again. Should have asked before I inserted it. Polishing the pulley now! Have "A" great day!

I am working on installing a new modern front oil seal on my '29 Phaeton. The instructions say to "install with lip toward rear of engine". Not sure what it means by lip but I put the high part of the slant toward the rear of the engine. Is that correct?

Thank you Mr Brent!

Good morning barn folk, Latest quiz for you guys... while refreshing our '29 Phaeton, I have noticed a machined/drilled spot on the single piece crank pulley. I took a pic and was going to attach it but I erased it somehow...typical... The mark is a bit smaller than a dime and is at the bottom...

All I can say is you guys are "The MAN(MEN)!!!". I was so whipped the other nite when we finally got spark that I closed everything down and went to bed...don't even think I showered....PEoeey!! Anyhow, I say Thank you to all you guys who kept posting even after I called it a day/nite...

Not sure exactly what we did, but we finally have spark and the engine rolled over twice. Not sure who is more out of gas, me or the car, but we will continue our fight tomorrow. Thanks as always to you wonderful barn people for your ever present help!!

The meter is reading 6 volts at the movable points arm. However, the coil wire is not throwing a spark nor the points. We are on 'new' coil #3.

Seeking advise on what else to try on our '29 Phaeton. So far we have replaced the points, distributor body, spark plugs, wiring, condenser (twice), coil (three times), and ignition switch and assembly. We have put a meter on every convincible part and seem to have 6 volts at every point. Tail...

Thank you Mr Keith!! That did it..I had called myself being super careful not to touch it but obviously I had somewhere along the way... I was scared to put any force on it now as I keep reading the horror stories from others about working on the steering... Thanks again!!

Happy New Year to All!! I just finished cleaning out the gas tank on our '29 Phaeton and I removed it to do the deed. While this was going on, I removed many other parts of the car to clean or repair, but none of the parts removed had anything to do with the steering column except the tank. I...