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1937 vapor lock
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40 Coupe |
07-15-2020 @ 2:13 AM
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NAPA FA49 condenser for the 37-41 Ford distributor.
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mzahorik |
07-15-2020 @ 8:34 AM
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Thanks. I'll give iy a try.
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Robert/Texas |
07-17-2020 @ 4:33 AM
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My ’37 humpback acts exactly in the way described in the original posting. Everything about the engine is the same except that I have no riser on the carburetor. I have done lots of things to no avail. I have found that when starting the car while warm is to be careful not to flood it. I crank the engine while barely touching the throttle and it always starts. When I try to start it the normal way it often floods. I realize that it shouldn’t be that way, but I have been living with it. I also have a ’34 Ford but it doesn’t behave this way.
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TomO |
07-17-2020 @ 7:09 AM
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Robert, it sounds like your carburetor is leaking fuel into the intake manifold. I would have it rebuilt.
Tom
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kubes40 |
07-17-2020 @ 8:08 AM
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Joe Hunt Magnetos sells a perfect (USA) condenser for your car. It is 33mf, supposed to be the optimum for these ignitions. I've installed these in numerous cars and every one has shown a wonderful improvement in not only starting, but running.
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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therunwaybehind |
07-17-2020 @ 9:09 AM
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Don't mistake condensers (capacitors) installed on the generator to eliminate brush noise in the radio or resistors installed on the spark plugs (or resistor spark plugs) to eliminate ignition noise also in the radio as might be with police radios with the capacitor on (or in the) distributor to prevent erosion of the points by arcing. Monkey see, monkey do is not the operative phrase here.
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kirkstad |
07-18-2020 @ 10:21 AM
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I have a friend with a 36 2 door that would not start after the engine warmed up. I installed the Skip Haney rebuilt coil for my car I had Skip do a few years back. I kept the barrel coil with adapter on that has been working so well, but I intended to mount the original coil at some point. At the time I sent the coil to Skip,I asked about the condenser that I left mounted in the coil, he said if the condenser checks out OK he would leave mounted and he did,so hopefully you sent the condenser with the coil so he could check it out. My car was doing the same as his, engine would not start when warmed up. hope this helps. Frank
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