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01-14-2017, 01:48 PM | #1 |
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Charlie N.Y. Fuel Pump Diaphragm
Charlie gave me his first pump diaphragm 4 or so years ago to look at
and test. Well I got involved in a few land and building projects and forgot about it. This week we got a 36 phaeton running that was restored in 1976. I bought the car in 1978, parked in my air condition building. I never drove it and only started it a few time over the years. A few years ago I drained all the tanks and rinsed them with denatured alcohol. Have a buyer for the 36 and going over it completely so when he gets it I don't earn the title "used car gyp". The fuel pump diaphragm was stretched and wouldn't pump so I put a small lock washer in the socket on the arm and it stared and ran pretty good. I went over to my shop a few miles away and remembered the diaphragm Charlie sent me. It was on something at a window near the phone. Sun comes in that window almost all day. It was still there. Charlie taped it to a piece of cardboard. The masking tape was baked on the diaphragm. I had to scrape every bit of it off with a knife. I guess it was the glue that almost sunk in. I removed that by rubbing with starting fluid. Went back removed the lock washer, installed the diaphragm and it started right up with the gas left in the carb. I put a good shot of MMO in the tank and drizzled some down the carb. as it was running, Changed the oil and started it the next day and it is smooth and quiet. I need to put a coil on that Skip rebuilt and have him set the distributor on the Ford strobe machine. This is a 38,000 mile original car that was restored over 35 years ago. I never really looked at this car real good before. I would say this may be the most perfect 36 there is. There was not even any dust behind the perfect SS spider hub caps. The rims are clean and look new. The drums look like new and have never been turned. New looking brake shoes, just sanded drums and shoes and adjusted the brakes. They feel good, ready for sudden 20 MPH stop on concrete to see how they grab and final adjustment. I have never seen floors, replaced or original that look like these, perfect. The WW tires are Firestone Rayon with the nubbins still in the tread. No sign of cracking on the sidewalls or deep down in the tread. When these tires sit for a long time on the car they develop flat spots on the bottom. You can feel the bump when driven. It takes about 50 miles on a real hot day for them to loose the flat spots. I have had this problem for 33 years on lots of old Fords. I'm anxious to take it for it's test ride next week. Should be fun. G.M.
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01-14-2017, 04:23 PM | #2 |
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Re: Charlie N.Y. Fuel Pump Diaphragm
Nice looking car I'm glad everything worked out, nice having quality parts.
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01-14-2017, 04:29 PM | #3 |
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Re: Charlie N.Y. Fuel Pump Diaphragm
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Charlie did me up with one of his impervious diaphragms some time back and it works great. Made a big difference. |
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