Trying to fix the One Way Trip, ‘34 Ford

[cas3]

I avoid the modern world as much as possible

[Karl]

Originally Posted by Digger

*British made STROMBERGS… sorry about the annoying talking to type feature, I drive my wife nuts with that too!

If that's the only thing you do that drives your wife nuts you're doing much better than me !!-Karl

[slowforty]

check your ignition resistor. I know it sounds strange but I had one that would not completely fail. Changed it and quite a few issues disappeared

[Robert/Texas]

When I changed my '34 roadster to 12 volts, negative ground several decades ago I bypassed the resistor and used a coil that I bought from NAPA which had a built-in resistor. This has been working fine for many years.

[miniceptor86]

It solves flooding issues by allowing a lot of air through the carb. It mixes with the gasoline laying in the manifold, clinging to manifold runners, spark plugs, piston tops and cylinder side walls. Old trick for the auto choke carbs as it also opens the choke plate. No pumping as that just activates the accelerator pump adding more fuel to the flooding.

[Digger]

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So today did a Christmas experiment. Drove the exact same distance, which was 5 miles, (with the 5 miles ending up inside my shop) waited the exact same amount of time which was 40 minutes, and then tried to start the car with the gas pedal pressed all the way to the ground, started up instantly. So now my choices are continue to just do that, or do the carb adjustments as people have described, and thanks so much happy holidays

[38 coupe]

Opening the throttle is a work around for a flooded engine, not a solution. Recommend adjusting the carburetor to match the gasoline we have today. Your rings and oil will thank you.