Thursday, January 14, 2016

Great day - it runs!

Had three of us working this morning (Vince A, Dave F, and Al S).  Installed new battery (with cutoff switch) plus new fuel pump.  Struggled with still no fuel, eventually figured out we had a leak in the line between the fuel filter and the pump.  Repaired that and we had fuel!

So then started the car.  Initially had issues with poor running, found the mixture very lean on the rear carb.  Fixed that and it ran pretty darn well!  Good oil pressure, smooth idle, no extraneous noises.  Then pushed down clutch and got it in gear - it did appear initially the clutch disc was stuck to the flywheel (often happens when these cars sit for long time), but then it freed up and the clutch worked fine!

Watch this video, pretty exciting:




Minor things to work on yet, like changing oil, installing air filters, choke cable, top off transmission fluid, etc.  But right now we are excited that this is going to be a sweet little ride for someone!