PhilA Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 Oil change done. Grease done (23 points). Brakes adjusted. Runs nice and smooth now. That's what 1000 miles in an old engine looks like. A portal to hell. Phil Tickman, LightBulbFun and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 That was a worse job than I had hoped for. Rusty bolts and more of it had to be taken off in order for it to come out. Split the fan casing and removed the squirrel cage. Cleaned the motor up and split the case open. Wasn't great looking. Yup, it's been hot enough to melt the solder off the commutator contact posts. New motor time (one that's 12v). Phil steveo3002 and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 Curiosity got the better of me tonight. So I spun the commutator clean in the drill. Redid the solder joints. Oiled the bearings which were dry dry dry (think that was a big cause of problems) and gave it a brief bench test. Not overly bad, I'll redo the main feed wire and go from there. Phil puddlethumper, Coprolalia, GrumpiusMaximus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 The brushes being worn to nubs won't have helped with heat generation. PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 3 hours ago, somewhatfoolish said: The brushes being worn to nubs won't have helped with heat generation. The brushes can't have been much longer than that when they were new. They just don't fit in the holders any deeper. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 I cleaned a significant amount of Alabama out of the fan case and assembled it all together. Ran it for a while to see what it would do. 6V fully loaded it draws just over 5 Amps. It gets warm-ish but on 12V I need to measure how hot it gets. Between times I set about on the ducting sheet metal. This piece looks like someone jacked the car up on it. Many hammers later and it's looking a bit better. Certainly good enough to move air about, which is better than it was. Phil Tickman, Skizzer, Coprolalia and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 9, 2021 Author Share Posted March 9, 2021 A small experiment tonight. Took the ambient temperature with the motor cold, at rest. Ran it 15 minutes at 6v. 15 degrees increase in temperature. Ran it a further 10 minutes at 12v. Not a huge increase, the hottest part by the brushes was 106 degrees so that's a fair bit off 370 for the melting point of solder. I'll pull it apart and check for any signs of distress. Phil Tickman, LightBulbFun, Skizzer and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 Hammer, chisel, underseal. Wire wheel. Paint. Progress is being made. I like gloss black. There's not much to say about cleaning up metalwork and putting paint on it, really. Phil LightBulbFun, RayMK, eddyramrod and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 Rewired, reassembled. Bolted it into the car but no pictures of that yet because it's dark. Phil LightBulbFun, Rocket88, mercedade and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 11 hours ago, PhilA said: Rewired, reassembled. Bolted it into the car but no pictures of that yet because I'm in the pub Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 Pub, yeah right. Intake pipe up in the wheelarch. Floor heater duct and piping in place (was a pain because the pipe was bent to match where it had been crashed into before). Best view of the fan. It's in there. Phil GrumpiusMaximus and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 oh you meant bud on the porch :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 26 minutes ago, hairnet said: oh you meant bud on the porch That's about as good as it gets these days. Maybe Coors light on a good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 nowt wrong with that can i buy you some? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 12, 2021 Author Share Posted March 12, 2021 3 hours ago, hairnet said: nowt wrong with that can i buy you some? Sure, won't say no to a beer after this week just gone by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 I washed and leathered it. The trees think it's autumn. Phil Leyland Worldmaster, LightBulbFun, somewhatfoolish and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 1 hour ago, PhilA said: I washed and leathered it. The trees think it's awesome. Phil Tickman, LightBulbFun, Mally and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 With the got weather coming in, fuel vaporization is a big problem with this car, so there's a draw-through pump up under the chassis near the tank. I had it connected to the starter button but in traffic that's awkward. So I added a pull switch and light. Means I can run the pump in traffic easily and clear any vapor lock without having to run it all the time. That'll work, and it's powered from the ignition circuit so I can't forget to turn it off. Phil GrumpiusMaximus, Tickman, Saabnut and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 13, 2021 Author Share Posted March 13, 2021 ...and an update to that, I tested it with the pump on full time. I drove from here to the grocery store at speed then left the car idling in the lot as I checked to see that it wasn't overpowering the pump intake, pipes or float. Everything was happy so I latched everything down and went for a higher speed run on highway 308. Hot damn. The car pulls hard at 60 with the pump on. Off it feels strained. I guess that's my answer, then. Phil LightBulbFun, Dan_ZTT, LabRat and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 Last day the drive-in is open for a while. Went get a chocolate malt. Despite being a big car, modern pickups and SUV's dwarf the Chieftain. Phil Ghosty, LabRat, Tickman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 I put a tee on the manifold and attached my vacuum gauge. I set the idle mixture hot, set the timing to suit. Runs better now, doesn't pop and bang on overrun either. Phil LightBulbFun, mk2_craig, GrumpiusMaximus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Tonight, with gumbo for dinner, there is beer to celebrate a successful tune-up. loserone, mercedade and Dan_ZTT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2flags Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Love this thread. I am in awe of your skills sir. The car looks fantastic. mercedade, DSdriver and PhilA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 I had a moment tonight where I got the fussy notion that I needed to fix things. So, I pulled the screen wash pickle jar out again because last time I went to use it the damn thing didn't work. I had a go at seeing if I could get the main seal any better, but it's already pliable again after a little treatment with brake cleaner. With my finger over the intake tube I could still move the piston up and down, albeit against a modest resistance. I replaced the rubber ring with the end off my blow gun nozzle, filed flat and sanded smooth. With that fitted I couldn't pull the piston down, the seal grabbed as it should. Reassembled it and bingo. Screen wash. Múy bien. Phil GrumpiusMaximus, somewhatfoolish, Dan_ZTT and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 Really didn't feel like cooking and the day cooled off somewhat so I went pick up Chinese. Setting the timing has improved the fuel economy also, looking at the gauge I would say somewhere 12-14 mpg at a mostly steady 45mph. Phil Ghosty, busmansholiday, LightBulbFun and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Photo tart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, hairnet said: Photo tart Yes hairnet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted March 23, 2021 Author Share Posted March 23, 2021 Last bit of good weather for the next couple weeks so I decided to go for a spin in the car. Kept that up for 15 miles or so both directions. An Eye-Tal-Ee-Un Toon-Up appears to have done a world of good because it's running nicely now. Blown all the soot out from me driving it about gently like Driving Miss Daisy. Really need to redo the suspension. It's lovely to ride in on smooth asphalt but as soon as you get on sun beaten, truck-rutted old blacktop it has you sawing the steering wheel back and forth to keep it going where you want it to go. But, it does do okay. Burned about a quarter of the tank tonight on this escapade, the economy is likely better at about 45 but it got nice and toasty and run like it needs every once in a while. Fun? Yes. Phil Dan_ZTT, mk2_craig, Matty and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 mopar needs a phil walkaround Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Mopar or no car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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