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02-16-2018, 12:11 AM | #1 |
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Ace mechanic missed this one.
You may have read my story about going to help a friend and that I didn't arrive as I had to get a hook to bring me home? Well here's an interesting bit I found out about a few days later. My friends are brand new owners of a nice little coupe that the acquired from her father. Both of them are very interested in getting the car running and functioning as well as possible. Both get their hands dirty and both are avid readers of anything they can find that says Model A somewhere on it or in it. Both are intelligent folks and fast learners. A couple of us got them headed in the right direction and they took to it with eagerness of new parents.
Well they got the car running and each took a couple of trips around the block and analyzed their results. Some adjustments were made, more reading and ordering parts until it was time to put it to bed for the night. He leaped back into the car and tried his best to light it off but there was no response from the starter. She did likewise with the same result. Stymied, they pushed the little beast back in the garage and shut the fuel off and pulled the fuse. Midnight, or there abouts, they both awoke and realized this is an old car, turning the key doesn't start it, one must step on the starter. Out to check it and it fired right up with gas on, key on, fuse in and step on the starter. A good laugh at themselves and back to bed. Anyone else been there or in the neighborhood? So easy to do. |
02-16-2018, 12:23 AM | #2 |
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Re: Ace mechanic missed this one.
Yep!
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02-16-2018, 01:08 AM | #3 |
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Re: Ace mechanic missed this one.
Not the same but close... Got in the Town Sedan one morning to meet the club for an outing and the car was dead. Dead battery! In a panic I tried to jump start it but still no go. Hmmm.
I called the tour director and told her I'm not going to make it. Went back out and fiddled around and then I realized I forgot to turn on the Master Shut-Off switch... Not going to start with no ground . Well we missed breakfast but made it in time for the tour. Had a great time in spite of my... ah... Brain Phart. Last edited by Y-Blockhead; 02-16-2018 at 11:47 AM. |
02-16-2018, 03:18 AM | #4 |
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Re: Ace mechanic missed this one.
I once saw a guy trying tyre levers to remove a tyre from a split rim car.
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02-16-2018, 05:40 AM | #5 |
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You mentioned "Checking the fuse" when no starter was present.
FWIW, Davey, the fuse they checked has no effect on the operation of the starter motor. Last edited by Bruce Adams; 02-17-2018 at 07:24 AM. |
02-16-2018, 09:43 AM | #6 |
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02-16-2018, 02:02 PM | #7 |
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Re: Ace mechanic missed this one.
At a street car show event all day. At the end while everyone is exiting, started it up and headed out and it died. Cranked and cranked and then I realized I had forgotten to turn the gas valve on! grrr. I am probably not the first or last to have that happen.
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02-16-2018, 03:16 PM | #8 |
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That probably goes for everyone over 70 (including me) on Ford Barn, at one time or another.
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02-16-2018, 03:27 PM | #9 |
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I have to admit to not turning on the fuel, only to get out onto the road and have it die. Not fun!
Other than that, all I have done is, when driving outback, we fill the tank and don't stop until it is empty. Often on the side of the road, we have to add fuel from a jerrycan. I have come to a stop and forgotten to disengage the O/D. Once fuel has been replenished, I take off in O/D. It is a bit sluggish but I still prefer not to do it.
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02-16-2018, 04:12 PM | #10 |
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Synchro I sent you a PM, no reply, are you going to Ballarat?
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02-16-2018, 10:19 PM | #11 |
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Somebody told me once that if you forget turn on the gas valve you will have just enough gas to get you to the middle of the intersection.
Sadly, I have found it to be true...more than once...
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Quote:
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