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Posted

Another cold morning. -5 today.

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Car started on first push of the button. Not bad, though the electric fuel pump has apparently given up.

Phil

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

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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Fun day today. Parked up on the side of the highway for the Mardi Gras parade.

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Fun time was has by all.

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Marching band

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Floats, music

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Car gathered many beads.

 

Phil

  • 1 month later...
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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

Posted
3 hours ago, PhilA said:

 

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

 

 

bassa :D

Posted
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?

Posted
1 hour ago, DSdriver said:

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

There are, they are on the inside edge.

Posted

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? 

 

 

Posted
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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  • 2 weeks later...
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Alternator bracket broke.

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So. Now that I have a welding machine, out it came.

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Zort, crackle.

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All back on.

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In place and working again, with oil and grease done at the same time for good measure.

 

Phil

Posted

Scrub scrub.

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Turd: polished.

Got a do in town on Friday and it was looking a bit scruffy so dusted off the polishing machine and got to work.

Posted
On 22/03/2024 at 01:55, PhilA said:

 but I've done 13,133 recorded miles in it.

 

😭

Posted

Went put fuel.

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Tonight there are flies.

 

Arse.

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Posted
8 hours ago, PhilA said:

Went put fuel.

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Tonight there are flies.

 

Arse.

I never quite understood why having the facilities to clean your windscreen was so common at fuel pumps in the US - right up until the first time I drove at night in the Mid West!  

Ah, so THAT is why it's so common.  So...many...bugs...

  • 2 weeks later...
Posted

Fitted a new muffler, which makes highway travel much more pleasant. 

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Photogenic mornings are upon us though. 

 

Phil

  • 2 months later...
Posted

For anyone wanting to be like @PhilA, and why wouldn’t you, check this out.

ntdwm.

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  • 1 month later...
Posted

Haven't been doing much with the car lately. 

Mostly because it wouldn't start.

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Today I pulled the starter out. 

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The new brushes hadn't bedded in well.

Cleaned all that up and reassembled it. 

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Now it drives again. Needs a tune up.

Posted

Went out, got caught in a light shower. 

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Car leaks like a sieve. 

 

Phil

  • 2 months later...
Posted

Weather was nice so went to the meeting in town. Not many people showed so we had breakfast and carried in into the city. 

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Or, at least, tried to. 

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Got to sit and stare at this for an hour because there was road work. 

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Car did ok. Went into the city and people were hollering and taking pictures. 

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The only car painted in a color in the whole row... There was a Cybertruck in front of me, being ignored as I was videoed.

Need to check the rear right wheel bearing, adjust the brakes because the shoes have worn in a bit, and I think possibly pull the transmission and double check my work from when I rebuilt it because it's still being an ass in traffic- it gave me neutral instead of 4th twice in New Orleans, and in the exact same stretch of road changed gear perfectly. Inconsistency is annoying. 

 

Phil

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