The Ford Barn

Licensed to kill · 05-08-2020, 08:32 PM

Got the plate and insurance today so was able to go for an actual drive. Put on a 60 mile round trip @ 50MPH highway and this was the result. Seems to run best with the advance on about 4-5 clicks from retarded. Any more and it seems to hesitate so I just back it off until it quits hesitating. Was running with GAV either off or open 1/4 turn. Still backfires a bit on deceleration. The temp seems strange. The mercury would come up the motometer about 1/2 inch os so, would leak a little fluid from the cap then go back down out of sight. Then several miles later, same thing. Did this back and forth game every 7-8 miles maybe for the entire trip. It has no thermostat that I'm aware of. Got home, let it cool, oil level was at L. No smoke, no excessive oil under the car and the plugs show a light tan on the porcelain outboard of the ground electrode but white under it. The body of the plug was black but no fouling build up indicative of excessive oil burning. I'm thinking 1/2 turn more on the GAV might be in order. Also, I run the cowl lights as my daytime running lights but find that the steering wheel shuts them off. Where do I look to remove the drag from the steering to the light switch?. Also, the horn, which sounded like a dying cow is now starting to sound great as i have been using it to loosen it up. I assumed that it was just dragging from lack of use for the last 12 years. So, not sure what to think of the temp fluctuation thing and where the oil is going. Not sure why I can't get the rad cap to seal. I found that the rim was not perfectly flat (a bit bent) so I straightened it for a better seal but didn't help.

05-08-2020, 08:32 PM	#1
Licensed to kill Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Alberta Posts: 930	First trip observations. Got the plate and insurance today so was able to go for an actual drive. Put on a 60 mile round trip @ 50MPH highway and this was the result. Seems to run best with the advance on about 4-5 clicks from retarded. Any more and it seems to hesitate so I just back it off until it quits hesitating. Was running with GAV either off or open 1/4 turn. Still backfires a bit on deceleration. The temp seems strange. The mercury would come up the motometer about 1/2 inch os so, would leak a little fluid from the cap then go back down out of sight. Then several miles later, same thing. Did this back and forth game every 7-8 miles maybe for the entire trip. It has no thermostat that I'm aware of. Got home, let it cool, oil level was at L. No smoke, no excessive oil under the car and the plugs show a light tan on the porcelain outboard of the ground electrode but white under it. The body of the plug was black but no fouling build up indicative of excessive oil burning. I'm thinking 1/2 turn more on the GAV might be in order. Also, I run the cowl lights as my daytime running lights but find that the steering wheel shuts them off. Where do I look to remove the drag from the steering to the light switch?. Also, the horn, which sounded like a dying cow is now starting to sound great as i have been using it to loosen it up. I assumed that it was just dragging from lack of use for the last 12 years. So, not sure what to think of the temp fluctuation thing and where the oil is going. Not sure why I can't get the rad cap to seal. I found that the rim was not perfectly flat (a bit bent) so I straightened it for a better seal but didn't help.