[tcb] Re: I'm stumped - '59 won't start, stay running...

  • From: "chuck" <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:38:06 -0500

Check your fuel dilivery and pressure.Could also be a sticking float or trash 
in a jet.Tank screen?
oleblue
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Dwan 
  To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 8:38 AM
  Subject: [tcb] I'm stumped - '59 won't start, stay running...


  I have had an intermittent starting issue since I can remember (1 year at 
least?) so anyway, after waiting 10 seconds after the 1st attempt it would 
start up.
  Saturday I picked him up from the body shop and it took 5 hours to get it 10 
miles into my garage.

  The engine died 5 miles from my house and I pushed it into a parking lot 
where Robb noticed the center post on the dizzy cap was broken, walked to 
FLAPS, replaced drove to the gas staion 1 mile from my house and left it idling 
as I was pumping gas into the gas can it died, i spent the next hour tring to 
get it started, replaced the points, condenser and it took 10 tries after that 
(with jumper cables) to get it started. I got all the way to the driveway and 
while the door was opening it died again. 2 hours later it barely started and I 
got it into the garage 5 hours before the hail storm : 0

  I never replaced the rotor so I did that last night, started up and idled for 
5 minutes then died. I started it back up and it idled for 25 minutes and I 
thought it was fixed.This morning I realized it is not fixed. 

  I have spark, I checked the battery and it was charging (2 weeks ago) it has 
an 8 v battery but the regulator has been adjusted for that and it  is a brand 
new wiring harness and I have cleaned the grounds for the battery and tranny 
ground and I am stumped. 

  the November show is a week and a half away and this is the only thing left 
to do on him. This weekend, I finally got the  @#*% fixed that was done in 
Ennis and received the last door panel from Lenny 11 months after requesting a 
replacement...

  James

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