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1951 Pontiac Chieftain


PhilA

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  • 2 weeks later...

Turns out it was just a bad connection on the fuse. Cleaned that up and it works nicely again.

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Didn't want to start this morning. Eventually it did after adjusting the auto choke; also probably no fuel didn't help.

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This is the last evidence also of the speedometer working, it suddenly dropped to zero and the odometer quit turning. Either the drive gear has stripped or the cable has broken. Or both.  Investigation to follow on that.

 

Phil

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Been fairly quiet here. Speedometer quit working so I ordered a new cable.

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Took the plates off to get the old one out. It still turned but the gearbox end had lost the flats on the end of the cable and was just spinning in the gear.

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Put the new one in.

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Speedometer resumed service, which was nice.

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Also replaced the rear UJ which was getting noisy.

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Adjusted up the gearbox to throttle linkage better and got the gear shift points better suited to the throttle position. It was holding gear far too long before.

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Went out a few places. Picked up roast beef poboys for dinner.

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Went to a little get together in town also. That was fun.

 

Phil

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3 hours ago, PhilA said:

Been fairly quiet here. Speedometer quit working so I ordered a new cable.

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Took the plates off to get the old one out. It still turned but the gearbox end had lost the flats on the end of the cable and was just spinning in the gear.

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Put the new one in.

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Speedometer resumed service, which was nice.

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Also replaced the rear UJ which was getting noisy.

 

 

Phil

Shouldn't there be C clips holding that bearing cup in?

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glad to hear the old boat is still giving reliable service :) 

following on from my comment in @Zelandeth's thread on the miles his trabant has clocked up in just a year on the forum, I am curious do you know much/any millage history of the Chieftain?

you have owned it coming up to 6(!) years now, so I have to wonder how many miles has it done in those 6 years and how does that milage compare to the 6 years before your ownership if you have the data to make such a comparison? 

 

 

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19 minutes ago, LightBulbFun said:

glad to hear the old boat is still giving reliable service :) 

following on from my comment in @Zelandeth's thread on the miles his trabant has clocked up in just a year on the forum, I am curious do you know much/any millage history of the Chieftain?

you have owned it coming up to 6(!) years now, so I have to wonder how many miles has it done in those 6 years and how does that milage compare to the 6 years before your ownership if you have the data to make such a comparison? 

 

 

No prior but I've done 13,133 recorded miles in it.

Odo is missing maybe 150 miles from the last few weeks where the cable broke.

 

Phil

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