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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22447 Location: UK
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COMMAD
Joined: 12 Dec 2011 Posts: 176 Location: Gold Coast. Australia
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Luckily Down under in Queensland, we are in mid summer, due to Covid a lot of larger car gathering are being postponed, but we can still do local club runs, and cars on open registration, are still able to be used daily, only thing is with State borders, having border checks we tend to stay in our own area. Hopefully when the Virus is sorted, the Worlds Historic motoring Enthusiasts can get back to normal.. |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Topped up the anti-freeze. Nothing more.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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lowdrag
Joined: 10 Apr 2009 Posts: 1585 Location: Le Mans
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:31 am Post subject: |
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Pumped the tyres up to 40 psi to avoid flat spots, drained the rads a bit and topped up the antifreeze, but with the garage now fully insulated it hasn't gone under 5C this winter so really didn't need to bother.Then I find that the "tubeless" tyres sold by MWS leak after a while, so have to order five tubes now. Before you say anything, I discussed it with MWS because I was having fitted five new Blockley radials at the same time and they told me not to bother. Silly me. |
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2471 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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I've run my two up to temperature recently, but I need to move them to make sure the brakes are OK - not least because I've swapped the front discs on the Firenza and want to make sure they're bled properly and have a decent pedal feel.
But, I'm not going to do that until it's a bit drier and warmer. At the moment it seems to be one or the other - it only warms up when it rains. |
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PapaJoe
Joined: 09 Nov 2020 Posts: 73 Location: Massachusetts USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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It's cold here, but I ran the '32 Chevy a few days ago to keep the juices flowing. I noticed the engine was hesitating when accelerated, so I adjusted the Carter carb a bit. Ran better, but still a slight hesitation. Wondering if it could be the accelerator pump or maybe just the cold air. I have a period correct Stromberg carb that many of the vintage rally drivers use, and I'm thinking about fitting it to see if it solves the problem. Only problem is, I'm a firm believer in the "If it's not broken, don't fix it" philosophy. Any opinions?
Joe _________________ Owned: 1917 Ford Model T Touring
1929 Ford Model A Roadster
1967 Harley (Aermacchi) Sprint SS
Coveted: Ford Model Y Saloon |
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6316 Location: Derby
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 12:02 am Post subject: |
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PapaJoe wrote: | It's cold here, but I ran the '32 Chevy a few days ago to keep the juices flowing. I noticed the engine was hesitating when accelerated, so I adjusted the Carter carb a bit. Ran better, but still a slight hesitation. Wondering if it could be the accelerator pump or maybe just the cold air. I have a period correct Stromberg carb that many of the vintage rally drivers use, and I'm thinking about fitting it to see if it solves the problem. Only problem is, I'm a firm believer in the "If it's not broken, don't fix it" philosophy. Any opinions?
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I would think if the problem has not shown itself before now then assuming the carb has not been touched it is not likely to be the culprit.
There is a saying that most carburettor faults are ignition based! |
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Rootes75
Joined: 30 Apr 2013 Posts: 3816 Location: The Somerset Levels
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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I ran the 37 Hillman 80 up recently, she has been sat idle for so long now. She turned over very well. We gave her a good check round too, oil, water, tyres etc. _________________ Various Rootes Vehicles. |
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