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BakesJr · 04-16-2018, 03:57 PM

Hello Everyone:
I am about to try start my car!! I purchased the car about a year ago and have done a lot of mechanical work to her. Brakes, shackles, rebuilt steering box, electric, cleaned gas tank and radiator, rebuilt carburetor, new gas lines etc.
I am waiting for a spark rod adjustment sleeve to finish setting the distributor. Are there other things I should be checking out on the motor before I just blindly go ahead and try start the car?
The previous owner said he had the car running a few weeks before I purchased it. I believe him as he sent me a video of it running. He used a donor gas tank and ran briefly as the gas tank and radiator were dirty. He had the battery pulled and put back into storage when I went to look at it so I did not see it run in person.
It is a 1929 Model A Steelback
Thanks!

04-16-2018, 03:57 PM	#1
BakesJr Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Hull Iowa Posts: 34	Starting a motor that hasn't ran in awhile Hello Everyone: I am about to try start my car!! I purchased the car about a year ago and have done a lot of mechanical work to her. Brakes, shackles, rebuilt steering box, electric, cleaned gas tank and radiator, rebuilt carburetor, new gas lines etc. I am waiting for a spark rod adjustment sleeve to finish setting the distributor. Are there other things I should be checking out on the motor before I just blindly go ahead and try start the car? The previous owner said he had the car running a few weeks before I purchased it. I believe him as he sent me a video of it running. He used a donor gas tank and ran briefly as the gas tank and radiator were dirty. He had the battery pulled and put back into storage when I went to look at it so I did not see it run in person. It is a 1929 Model A Steelback Thanks!