Congrats, Leo! Well done! Get a real buzz when it starts, don't you?
Here are a few thoughts scattered in your message.
----- Original Message -----
From "Leo Speichinger" <60bugeye at cebridge.net>
Subject: RE: Spark problems
> WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... It RUNS...I guess after setting for two years the
> points were oxidized. I filed them and verified they were sparking,
> re-installed the cap and vroom...
Good catch on the points bit.
> Has 50 lbs oil pressure idling,
> except for one other problem. After letting it idle for about 5 minutes
> the water in the radiator still wasnt circulating. Shouldnt it have
> opened by then?
Not neccesarily so. It takes a bit for an engine to get to operating temp
and have the thermostat open. It will usually open ever so slowly at idle.
It will be cooling OK with the bypass hose and if the heater valve is open,
through the heater core.
> Might the thermostat have stuck due to having been
> sitting for so long? The block was warm and the tube between the bypass
> tube for the heater was quite warm. Ideas....
Sounds like it's all normal!
> Now a little timing
> work, and some small adjustments on the carbs...
You need to separate the carbs to get a good initial adjustment. After it's
all done and OK, then connect the linkage between them, leaving a .020 to
.030 feeler guage stuck between the idle stop against the heat shield. and
don't screw around with them again! (Ya sure!) BTW, don't leave the
feeler guage there!
> Anybody want to come
> help a semi blind person for a weekend. LOL
Send me a ticket!
> Damn after this long it is
> nice to hear it run, next it will be great to see it move under its own
> power.
Nice feeling is right!
> It needs a little more bleeding on the brakes though. First
> push goes about 1/2 way down and the next push is rock solid.
Sounds more like a push rod or brake shoe adjustment. If it had air in the
system, the second pump would be mushy, not rock hard.
> And I
> have to fix one short that is on the green wire that comes off of the A4
> terminal on the fuse block, but that is easy to trace out.
What's a short in an LBC. I thought they were perpetually in some sort of
electrical panic!
> Leo (very, very happy)
Nice story, Leo. Good for you.
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