project 1951 Pontiac Chieftain

[hairnet]

*books flight

[hairnet]

Where's all the warm gone it's like here lol

[PhilA]

Happy Halloween.

 

Phil

[hairnet]

nice arse m9

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

3 hours ago, hairnet said:

nice arse m9

Yes, but what about the car...?

[hairnet]

Ooft

 

[PhilA]

That one is shiny. 

Phil

[hairnet]

hubba hubba shame the green on the inside isnt on the outside

WOULD (after phils)

 

[bezzabsa]

Just read this from the start..

Congrats on a fantastic car

you must have Balls like King Kong to tackle that Gearbox.....

and re-wiring too....Jeez no wonder the UK is fucked, we exported all our talent!!!

 

Hope you get that straight 8 'woofling' away nicely again

[PhilA]

 

Also if it runs like crap on half the cylinders, make sure one half of the carburetor is set right...

Still a bit lumpy at idle but it does need new gaskets. Better though after a bit of adjustment and lube.

Phil

[PhilA]

Little bit of basic maintenance today. Pumped the tires up because at 12-14psi the steering was heavy and it was difficult to push around. 

 

Jacked the front up and had Glamorous Assistant grudgingly push on the brakes. Both exert enough force to prevent me turning the wheel so it's either one half of the cylinder is stuck or it's all out of adjustment (or both).

Masks coming in Tuesday because asbestos. Love the way the manual states to sand and grind the friction material...

Phil

[PhilA]

I think also I'm down to fighting air leaks and funky mixture because I dialed the slow running jets out (far more than suggested by the manual), which according to the book will take the car under light throttle up to about 20MPH.

At idle now it lopes and is far too rich, under light throttle it runs a lot more smoothly so the mixture is getting all jacked up. Opening the throttle results in a steady, positive acceleration so the main jets are functioning. I think the carb could probably do with a decent clean anyway- admittedly I have done nothing to it since it sat up last year and was stored dry. The manifold is sealing better but I'm sure it's not perfect- one runner drawing in air will affect 2 cylinders (or more, depending on how bad the leak) so that's the most likely culprit. New gaskets should see that better (proper thick, squishy ones) and perhaps the carb taken to bits and thoroughly cleaned out.

 

--Phil

[somewhatfoolish]

Judging by Zelandeth's carb cleaning antics those big stainless steel ultrasonic baths are just the ticket for that, although giving it a good blast with carb cleaner is probably a cheaper first step.

[tooSavvy]

Yeah, carb cleaner as a first stop...

... not to be 'sniffed at'

lol

[hairnet]

gadge i follow on a bike site is on a trip again to reno (from oregon)

he spots stuff while hes out

https://advrider.com/f/threads/i-rode-a-bike-to-reno-just-to-watch-them-fly.1405481/

de soto WANT.

[PhilA]

Nice day yesterday so I started cleaning the car up a little more.

I decided to polish the roof. It came up well but by the time I got that far the sun was getting too hot so called an end until later.

Didn't get any further with the roof but did clean up the chrome on the back of the car. It responds well.

I need a machine polisher.

 

Phil

[Zelandeth]

29 minutes ago, PhilA said:

I need a machine polisher.

 

Phil

You really do.  Can't believe it took me so long to get around to getting mine.

https://www.toolstation.com/draper-1200w-180mm-sander-polisher/p80541

Took me about an hour to do on the Lada what would have been about 1/2 a day by hand.

[PhilA]

I think the trick is to polish the hell out of it inside, then afterwards wheel the car out and apply wax, making it look completely effortless to your neighbors.

 

 

[hairnet]

15 hours ago, PhilA said:

 

 

Phil

hnnng and yer helpers doing well there

 

[PhilA]

Hard freeze coming. Radiator draining time.

 

Phil

[jonny69]

Stolen your engine idling gif for the LFGSS .gifs thread. That's awesome!

[PhilA]

Tried to cheer up one of the tail light lenses.

 

Not great but a bit better than it was.

 

Phil

[PhilA]

On the car the redone light does look better. I need some more lacquer to do the other side.

 

Refitted the radiator barf tube after giving it a clean. Need to flux and solder that in place.

 

Strobe light shows cylinder 8 and 1 firing at the same time. Cap is certainly bad then.

 

Phil

[hairnet]

barf tube lol

 

 

[PhilA]

 

Done

[PhilA]

Scrubbing brush and gasoline. Need to pull the drum and hub off (all comes off as one) to check the brakes, so wanted it to be clean so as not to get crap in the bearings.

 

Since when, in the history of never, has anybody just scrubbed at drum brakes and they've come up clean?

 

I must have bought a magical brush or something. The mind boggles.

 

Phil

[PhilA]

Cap, pin, nut, washer and drum assembly removed.

Doesn't look too bad. Ran out of time again.

 

Phil

[paulplom]

Those shoes look very thin.

[New POD]

On 11/13/2019 at 11:32 PM, PhilA said:

Tried to cheer up one of the tail light lenses.

 

Not great but a bit better than it was.

 

Phil

I prefer the one on the right. Is that wrong. ?

[PhilA]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

Those shoes look very thin.

They do. I need to check see how much there is left on them. I don't think there's a huge amount from the factory though.

 

Phil