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Simon · 02-21-2016, 01:53 PM

Hello
My name is Simon and I live in Switzerland. My father and I just bought a '36 phaeton. The seller told us, the engine is bad. 2 cylinders were dead.

But we checked that. all cylinders have compression.
the engine runs. but not that smooth i would like.

I don't have any experience with flatheads. so maybe some of my questions sounds a bit stupid

we allready changed the ignition wires. the sparkplugs looks good. we also checked the sparks. everythink looks good.
we also checked the vacuum. my father found something with values.
well. it should be 17 to 21 inches. we got 0.6bar (17.7 inches)

the engine runs not that bad in neutral. but with higher rpm, you can feel the vibrations. i think there are one or two cylinders missing.

i would be happy for some hints and tips, what we could check.

thanks a lot.

02-21-2016, 01:53 PM	#1
Simon Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Switzerland Posts: 2	'36 phaeton doesn't run smoothly Hello My name is Simon and I live in Switzerland. My father and I just bought a '36 phaeton. The seller told us, the engine is bad. 2 cylinders were dead. But we checked that. all cylinders have compression. the engine runs. but not that smooth i would like. I don't have any experience with flatheads. so maybe some of my questions sounds a bit stupid we allready changed the ignition wires. the sparkplugs looks good. we also checked the sparks. everythink looks good. we also checked the vacuum. my father found something with values. well. it should be 17 to 21 inches. we got 0.6bar (17.7 inches) the engine runs not that bad in neutral. but with higher rpm, you can feel the vibrations. i think there are one or two cylinders missing. i would be happy for some hints and tips, what we could check. thanks a lot.