Hi All, Tom, Mike, Junkyard Dog and MrMack:
Just a fast update..
I am up to 15 in the 1928 forum...
Am also in the process of joining the
VCCA; along with my Supervisor (She does not know it yet.. I am hoping it will help stop her from trying to hose me off in the front yard, after I've been working on the hack, before she will let me back in the house..). Check will be in the mail tomorrow.
By the way I blamed all you guys in the section where it asked "recommended by".. I am afraid I have likely tarnished your reputations for the next 3 years..
Day 1: Friday, fresh off the truck
First thing I was trying to do was get the wad of DMV type work done and I was trying to get it to them (20 miles) before they closed to finish it off. Sadly I could not get the hack to maintain an idle and stalled in from of my next-door neighbors’ driveway... Of course I was by myself and had to "jury-rig" (spell??) a solution as to it's retrieval
, so my College student (across the street) neighbors came home to give me a look like I had lost my mind as they witnessed me, with my old chain hoist tied to a tree in my front yard with its other end attached to the "hitch" on the Chevy, slowly pulling it back into my driveway. I got a distinct feeling they though their neighbor had gone out and bought a 28 Chevy and thought “Why heck. I got a '28, let’s pull some old stumps now!", or some such, as they mention to Cheryl (The Sup), after she came home to help finish the retrieval, they could not figure out why I had tied the tree to the 28.. But they thought it was "neat".
Saturday: Real work
After a day that started out with me sitting back and trying to figure out exactly what might be causing the lack of idle I did the cursory check of the fuel and such and figured it was as alright as it would ever be with my level of "rusty" know how.. I had flow, no leaks and gas in the tank!
Every tip in the books said it was in the ignition system when it backfired through the exhaust.. So I disassembled the steering wheel and lubed the "spark advance" and managed to get a bit of improvement with the advance. Then I cracked the distributor open.. I found my old set of feller gauges (I still have two sets!) and went to gap the points. I got um' on the hump and, with a flashlights help, stared in disbelief as I saw they were closed!?! How could a running auto have closed points!?? :confused:
Now I was an X Files fan.. But I was not ready to attribute this to an Alien invasion.. at least not yet... Upon further scrutiny I noticed a movement on the point set as I pushed the manual advance lever.. The points were now welded together and the little arm had broken free. The top of the lever had broken off the "point" material and had taken the task of "breaking the connection" and firing off the coil!!!!
And Lexus thought it was at the forefront of "limp home".
I suspect what happened is that the Delivery company let the poor car sit with the key in the on position, welding the points together and draining the Battery....
California DMV: The next Tuesday
Poor Cheryl had to accompany the baby to the DMV for the number inspection, it rode on a flat bed as she is not adept at a stick shift, or old Chevy's, and I was stuck at work from 7-7 for a few weeks.
The paper work had been done by me the week before and all had gone smoothly. I supplied written instructions as to where the number was behind the distributor and even supplied paper towels!! Well, to make the story short, the "checker" would not consult the owners’ manual and was confused by a Motor stamping being used as a VIN.. It took the manager of the DMV to set him straight (in a nice way, of course) and it took me a dinner out when I got home to sooth the "ruffled" Cheryl. After the dinner Cheryl stated that she "thinks its cute"!!!! Ugh!! I am trying to tell her it is a "man"ly early SUV type auto, but am making very little headway...
Have now found a good amount of my questions answered (by you fellows) reading to 15.. I now know about water pump grease, distributor grease.. Found Herbs site…What the funny cups are for.. I now know my vacuum pump is missing in action along with my felt… You guys are use to a lot of things that are amazing to me, and your information allows me to spin good tales with some of my co-workers. “Felt where?? Vacuum what?? Turn what every 500 miles?? 30/450 wheels!!!!!!!!!”
Hated to remove the 20lbs of grease from under the chassis, if it could only talk…
I am building a site for pictures of it (it is a very old odd duck and I think pictures will be worth a 1000 words) and I will write about the more technical aspects of what I have found and post castings numbers, and such, in the correct forum.
Back to reading, thanks!!
and when I die and go to he-- it will be waiting for me to run me over for eternity for taking off it's bumper, jacking it up, changing the color and all the other sin's of a misspent (but fun) youth. I have also had the pleasure of a 51 Sedan Delivery and am a currently a member of the NCRS (a solid axle wannabe) and the Mercedes Benz Club.
) I really hope you'll do yourself the favor of joining the VCCA also. (If you haven't already.)Let us know when the "hack" shows up. Love to see a picture or two!
.. Sorry.. the Doctor told me I really must give up somkn' cr--k during lunch..) over the weekend and got a few web pages in the deal.. The site is "rough" and it is taking me a while to make the photos a reasonable size, but I will keep them coming...