Bill,
Thanks for sharing the good news.
For the red ignition warning light, as spark (polarise) the dynamo as
previously suggested.
If that doesn't solve the problem, try cleaning the points in the
control box (voltage regulator) with a strip of paper. The workshop
manual suggests that it's not to be tampered with, but 50 years from new
the points may need cleaning since the car has not been run recently.
Unless you know that it was not working properly when car was driven
last, don't try adjusting it at this time. A gentle tap with plastic end
of a screwdriver has been known to awaken the sleeping control box, but
be gentle and don't tap the irreplaceable cover.
Also review that the wiring is connected properly, the D and F wires
connected to correct terminals on dynamo and control box.
On the dynamo itself, you could slide back the cover over the brushes
and check that they move smoothly in their guides and that the spring is
touching brushes only and not the guide.
Odds are that the problem is a poor connection somewhere. To test
earthing of the dynamo, you could use a temporary earth wire from it to
engine mount or chassis to see if fresh paint might be interrupting the
circuit.
If the day is nice and you would really rather be driving, you can
unscrew the lightbulb, push-start the TD and drive for a couple of hours
on battery power alone. It's 20 degees F here in CT this morning; I don't
envision a TD experience until tomorrow at the soonest.
Bob
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:56:29 -0500 "Bill Snyder" <wtsnyder@bellsouth.net>
writes:
> Anyone hear a load Whoop from the mid-Atlantic region a few
> minutesag?.It was the sound I let out when the '53 rumbled to life!
> After the news I got at the doctor today that I need back surgery, I
> guess the Lord decided I needed a pick-me-up, and what a great one
> it was.
>
> I got my son to do the thumb over the plug #1 hole while I turned
> the crank pulley with a screwdriver (no crank yet). The rotor was
> pointing in the vicinity of the #1 lead with the pulley at TDC. I
rotated the
> distributor Clockwise until the next spark gap and tightened her
> down there. Ignition on, choke out, pulled the starter switch out, and
> BOOM, she fired up immediately and ran like a top! Good oil pressure,
idle
> speed dropped to about 1000 when I slowly let the choke out. Other
> than a little burn smell from the new manifold paint and a little
smoking
> from the Marvel Mystery Oil in each plug hole, it was a perfect
> experience! I suppose I was one gap off in a counterclockwise
> direction.
>
> Thanks to all who gave me great advice. I'm sure I will be asking
> again.................in fact, the ignition light stays on nice and
> brightly with the engine running. Where do I start?
>
> Thanks again to all. The little stuff I can handle now that the big
> power plant will run! Maybe I can do the interior upholstery while
> recouping from back surgery this winter!
>
> Bill Snyder
> Waynesville, NC
> '53 TD
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