I think the springs are available from Gary
Danni Suskin
> On Aug 6, 2015, at 11:32 PM, Roger Garnett <rwgarnett@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've been tweaking a bit, and getting the car running better, and did extra
> flushing of the cooling system. Over the past couple of weeks we've been
> taking the CDO out for 5-10 mile evening runs around the neighborhood, and
> it's been running quite well, with just a bit of bubbling after a long run.
> Things seemed good!
>
> Today I drove the car about 15 miles to a backyard gathering with a 2-3
> dozen cars ranging from Bentley and Ferrari, MG & Healey, Datsun & Miata,
> and Packard, Overland and the CDO. Ran great until the last 1-2 miles
> (uphill), when it began missing like it did last summer, and earlier this
> year. Put in a fresh fuel filter, cleaned the commutator, and fettled a
> bit, and got it running a tad better, but not great.
>
> Headed towards home, down about 3 miles of hill - made good time, but still
> not right - playing hit and miss engine the whole time. Pulled off at the
> bottom of the hill and decided to try adjust the commutator a tad. Found
> the pins on my commutator block were out of place- removed the commutator
> spring and pushed the pins back in place. (but they're loose, need to fix
> that) Pulled out my Leatherman, and tried to bend the spring downwards a
> hair. SNAP. It broke off at the center of the contact point - weak spot
> due to wear. Oh, crap.
>
> Well, being at the *center* of the contact area, It could still hit the
> lobe right? I filed the end smooth, and tried a couple adjustments. First
> try way too tight, it fired and ran backwards while cranking (too advanced)
> . Got it right the next time. VERY right. The car started right up and ran
> strong. All the way home. It's currently running the best it has since I
> got it running!
>
> OK, that's great - but it's not fixed yet. I need to make or find new
> commutator springs. I've looked at the drawing (RG-3-1112) in the Ziegler
> book. Yea, I can do that, once I find the right spring steel stock. A jig
> would be useful. Does anyone have a jig, or a have springs for sale?
>
>
> --
> Roger Garnett
> rwgarnett@gmail.com
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