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I recently rebuilt a spare water pump that we had to original configuration. Upon reassembly, I'm finding that the front cup/felt/washer are not able to tap into the housing. This would leave nothing to hold the bearing from walking out of the housing. The bearing and sleeve are flush with the...

Our '28 has an issue with the idle that I have not been able to figure out. While driving, when you come to a stop it occasionally drops to a very low idle speed which will stall the car unless I move the column lever down quickly. Normally the lever is about 3 notches down for a nice idle. Most...

Actually our tail light is a Hella brand which may be original to the car. This car is a European model which was brought into the US with a returning GI after WWII. We suspect that it was manufactured in Denmark since they required semaphores at the time and this car still had them mounted. The...

What is the correct location of the tail light on a 1928 Tudor? This is an AR car if that makes a difference. The reason I ask is that our tail light is fender mounted however there are three threaded holes in the lower edge of the body on the left side that look like it had something mounted...

Thanks guys for the replies! I took another look at it today after work. Starting with the points, I reset them to .020". With all of my vehicles running points, including my daily driver, I am very well acclimated with setting them. After the points were set we located TDC. I then rechecked...

I did try the points at .020 but the car would not start. Prior to gapping them I noticed that they had previously been about .010 so I went back to that setting and it fired up and will run only on full retard. On the timing, I did set it against the backlash. The timing must be off. Last...

If I grab the top of the distributor shaft and wiggle it side to side, there is hardly any movement. That seems fine. My guess is that with the excess backlash, I'm not getting the timing right.

How much backlash should a distributor shaft have on an A? Our 1928 was running fair after coming out of hibernation. I went through the tune up procedures setting plug gaps, rotor and point gaps, timing, etc. Afterward, the car would not start. Long story short, I found that it preferred the...