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cajunfirehawk · 12-28-2019, 06:02 PM

Ok Gents, I need some help

Been fighting an issue w/my 1936 21 stud flathead since late summer;
I took my car for a test run in early Sept for about a mile and it left me stranded from what I thought was a bad gas/trash related issue, while driving about 6 blocks from my house it started to stumble and back fire and slowly died. Had to tow her home.

Since then I have changed:

fuel tank
fuel pump
rebuilt helmet dizzy set on bench machine
rebuilt fuel pump
rebuilt carbs (holley 94 & stromberg 97)
plug wires
coil w/internal resistor
condenser
fuel filters (due to trash left over from old tank)

To date, TODAY was the longest I was able to keep it running, usually it would run for about 15-30 seconds and die, today it will idol almost endlessly but when you try to give it any gas it like stumbles and want to load up...only change today was I took the wires off the dizzy end and checked the connections and found some of the terminals were not pushed all the way into the caps. Double checked all of the plug wires and they are correct per the numbers on the caps and many online illustrations, original to the car flathead. But it is still not running the way it should, the idol mixture screws on that stromberg 97 are screwed out less than 3/4 of 1 turn. Fuel pressure and engine vacuum are as shown. Open to any suggestions!

Video below;
https://youtu.be/XGnfJEmKcsE

(background noise in video is shop fan)

12-28-2019, 06:02 PM	#1
cajunfirehawk Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Ms GulfCoast Posts: 238	barn HELP for my 36...(FIXED!!) UPDATED 1/19/2020 Ok Gents, I need some help Been fighting an issue w/my 1936 21 stud flathead since late summer; I took my car for a test run in early Sept for about a mile and it left me stranded from what I thought was a bad gas/trash related issue, while driving about 6 blocks from my house it started to stumble and back fire and slowly died. Had to tow her home. Since then I have changed: fuel tank fuel pump rebuilt helmet dizzy set on bench machine rebuilt fuel pump rebuilt carbs (holley 94 & stromberg 97) plug wires coil w/internal resistor condenser fuel filters (due to trash left over from old tank) To date, TODAY was the longest I was able to keep it running, usually it would run for about 15-30 seconds and die, today it will idol almost endlessly but when you try to give it any gas it like stumbles and want to load up...only change today was I took the wires off the dizzy end and checked the connections and found some of the terminals were not pushed all the way into the caps. Double checked all of the plug wires and they are correct per the numbers on the caps and many online illustrations, original to the car flathead. But it is still not running the way it should, the idol mixture screws on that stromberg 97 are screwed out less than 3/4 of 1 turn. Fuel pressure and engine vacuum are as shown. Open to any suggestions! Video below; https://youtu.be/XGnfJEmKcsE (background noise in video is shop fan) __________________ Regards, Todd 1936 FORD Tudor Slantback "cajunhotrodder" on instagram/youtube Last edited by cajunfirehawk; 01-20-2020 at 12:58 AM.