The Ford Barn

burner31 · 04-12-2022, 11:26 AM

Had a couple of treads on backfires lately...well mine started backfiring.
I had done some work on it, so why was it backfiring now?
Dummy me...I forgot to snug down the distributor hold down bolt.
Snugged it up, popping gone.

Sometimes it's the simplest things that cause the problems

Big hammer · 04-12-2022, 11:30 AM

It happens! I had a no start after adjusting the points, found the rotor laying on the cowl !

Rob Doe · 04-12-2022, 11:40 AM

Been there Ted. If not the rotor, the fuse, gas valve, key on, timing pin, or crank left in. I'm slowly slippin' away, I guess. So, far I've managed to keep her wheels on.

Patrick L. · 04-12-2022, 01:11 PM

Grounds are a good thing aren't they.

burner31 · 04-12-2022, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big hammer

It happens! I had a no start after adjusting the points, found the rotor laying on the cowl !

Now that's funny, like you and Rob, I've done all those too.
If you can't laugh at yourself...you just haven't look hard enough

Synchro909 · 04-12-2022, 06:49 PM

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One of my wife's friends lost her husband to Motor Neurone Disease about a year and a half ago. They were keen Model Aers and she wants to continue driving her favourite one They had several and her favourite is a 1928 Roadster. We have a 1,000 miles rally coming up in a week or so and I suggested to her that I could upgrade her turn indicators. Well, as anybody who has an old car knows, one thing leads to another. When I drove it from one end of our house to the other so I could do that one tiny job, I noticed something not right in the rear end so I checked the hubs for tightness. Sure enough, one was loose so I fixed that. Then I took it for a drive and found the steering terrible and the death wobble evident. The car also backfired on over-run. That was the easiest thing to fix - just open up the GAV a little. From fixing the indicators, I have now fixed the rear end, rebuilt the steering box and turned the front drums. OH, and I stopped the backfiring!
I think I'll stop looking.

nkaminar · 04-13-2022, 07:01 AM

Synchro, Sounds like you are a good friend to have. While you are at it maybe you could overhaul the engine and put a new paint job on the car.

katy · 04-13-2022, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by burner31

If you can't laugh at yourself...you just haven't look hard enough

Good one, thanks.

old31 · 04-13-2022, 05:48 PM

Yup, it happens to all of us. About a year ago i rebuilt a carburetor. I did a great job and pated myself on the back.

installed the carb, it would idle, but any throttle would kill the car. Unhappy, i walked back over to the bench, and there it was. The venturi that I forgot to install! DUH.

Ted Duke · 04-22-2022, 11:20 AM

Not on a Model A, actually on an IH pickup. I carefully overhauled the carburetor and started it up. When flames appeared, I put them out with fresh dirt from a recently dug flower bed, and THEN I overhauled it again.

dansluck · 04-23-2022, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by burner31 View Post
If you can't laugh at yourself...you just haven't look hard enough.

When I start laughing at myself I have a hard time stopping because there is so much to laugh at.

Have a Good One
Dan

04-12-2022, 11:26 AM	#1
burner31 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Shawnee, Ok Posts: 3,471	mystery backfire-Dummy me Had a couple of treads on backfires lately...well mine started backfiring. I had done some work on it, so why was it backfiring now? Dummy me...I forgot to snug down the distributor hold down bolt. Snugged it up, popping gone. Sometimes it's the simplest things that cause the problems __________________ Keith Shawnee OK '31 SW 160-B

04-12-2022, 11:30 AM	#2
Big hammer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 3,131	Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me It happens! I had a no start after adjusting the points, found the rotor laying on the cowl ! __________________ Don't force it with a little hammer tap, tap, tap get a bigger hammer tap done

04-12-2022, 11:40 AM	#3
Rob Doe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2021 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 494	Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me Been there Ted. If not the rotor, the fuse, gas valve, key on, timing pin, or crank left in. I'm slowly slippin' away, I guess. So, far I've managed to keep her wheels on. __________________ "It ain't what you know for certain that gets ya in trouble. It's what ya know for certain that just ain't so!"

04-12-2022, 01:11 PM	#4
Patrick L. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Largo Florida Posts: 7,225	Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me Grounds are a good thing aren't they.

04-12-2022, 06:49 PM	#6
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) One of my wife's friends lost her husband to Motor Neurone Disease about a year and a half ago. They were keen Model Aers and she wants to continue driving her favourite one They had several and her favourite is a 1928 Roadster. We have a 1,000 miles rally coming up in a week or so and I suggested to her that I could upgrade her turn indicators. Well, as anybody who has an old car knows, one thing leads to another. When I drove it from one end of our house to the other so I could do that one tiny job, I noticed something not right in the rear end so I checked the hubs for tightness. Sure enough, one was loose so I fixed that. Then I took it for a drive and found the steering terrible and the death wobble evident. The car also backfired on over-run. That was the easiest thing to fix - just open up the GAV a little. From fixing the indicators, I have now fixed the rear end, rebuilt the steering box and turned the front drums. OH, and I stopped the backfiring! I think I'll stop looking. __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

04-13-2022, 07:01 AM	#7
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,900	Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me Synchro, Sounds like you are a good friend to have. While you are at it maybe you could overhaul the engine and put a new paint job on the car. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

04-13-2022, 05:48 PM	#9
old31 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 2,103	Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me Yup, it happens to all of us. About a year ago i rebuilt a carburetor. I did a great job and pated myself on the back. installed the carb, it would idle, but any throttle would kill the car. Unhappy, i walked back over to the bench, and there it was. The venturi that I forgot to install! DUH.

04-22-2022, 11:20 AM	#10
Ted Duke Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fairfield, Virginia Posts: 615	Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me Not on a Model A, actually on an IH pickup. I carefully overhauled the carburetor and started it up. When flames appeared, I put them out with fresh dirt from a recently dug flower bed, and THEN I overhauled it again.

04-23-2022, 11:08 AM	#11
dansluck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Nevada Posts: 217	Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me Originally Posted by burner31 View Post If you can't laugh at yourself...you just haven't look hard enough. When I start laughing at myself I have a hard time stopping because there is so much to laugh at. Have a Good One Dan