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09-20-2023, 08:06 AM | #61 |
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Thanks Bob. I have the 1/8" bead material from 1940 Ford projects.
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11-10-2023, 03:33 PM | #62 |
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Fuel tank is back in. I keep learning new things.
Now, here's the latest issue: This car has started up quickly, smoothed out almost immediately and runs well. Now? The spark advance rod is heating up. Obviously, it's getting some electrical juice to it somehow. I have gone through the distributor (again) and did find the lower plate to be defective. Installed a new one that tested fine. The rod still gets hot. I am utilizing a modern "key switch" vs. the authentic pop out. I was careful not to thread that in too far. What am I missing guys?
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11-10-2023, 03:46 PM | #64 | |
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The ground from the battery to the frame is beautiful. Where else should I look?
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11-10-2023, 04:00 PM | #65 |
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Hi Mike. Sometimes I creep the Model A forum. Glad to see you're enjoying this new project.
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11-10-2023, 04:00 PM | #66 |
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11-10-2023, 04:30 PM | #67 |
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Re: New project that should be fun
Just a thought, Could the horn wire be shorting somewhere in the column and getting to the advance rod?
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11-10-2023, 05:23 PM | #68 |
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ZERO wires hooked up going to or through horn rod at this time.
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11-10-2023, 05:56 PM | #69 |
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If the spark control lever rod is getting hot via the distributor connection then the lever on the distributor should be hot too. The switch rod is inside the steering shaft which has contact at the top via the column bushing and at the bottom through the worm & bearings. The top bushing originally had a cotton web piece permiated with grease to act as a bushing but they deteriorate and make more contact as they wear. The bushing puck was originally zinc die cast and it makes contact with the whole column jacket and the control rods. I'd figure all that all that stuff would be hot if there is a direct short but that is the ground path so it only has flow when there is ground contact and a full circuit to flow some current. The wire inside the light switch/horn rod can short in there but the horn would sound if it still functions. Disconnect the horn power wire and insulate it to see if the heat effect goes away. Wires can short together down in the light switch and make a path where there was no path before. If the light and horn power wires are disconnected from the generator then I don't know where the current flow could be coming from.
Other sources of heat aren't close enough to the steering column to affect it much. The control rod that runs between the spark lever on the distributor and the spark lever rod might contact the head but I don't think it would conduct much heat to the rod in the column. The throttle hand control is eventually connected to the engine but it doesn't usually get all that hot back there. It gets hot close to the manifold but conducting heat all the way up into the cab is a long shot. Last edited by rotorwrench; 11-11-2023 at 11:52 AM. |
11-10-2023, 07:02 PM | #70 |
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Just to be clear (I hope) ... I have NO wires in the steering column at this time. The rod to the distributor is getting hot not from running (engine heat) but rather, from electricity.
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11-10-2023, 07:20 PM | #71 |
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Run an additional ground wire from the one connected to the frame
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Do as Bob C suggested and Run an additional ground wire from the one connected to the frame or battery to the transmission.
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11-11-2023, 10:50 AM | #74 | |
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I'd added a woven ground strap between the transmission / battery ground at frame rail. I'd also added a woven strap from the block to the frame rail. Guess what? IT DID THE TRICK!!! I sincerely want to thank you and all of the others that had offered me advice. You Model A guys are the most helpful group I'd ever "worked" with. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!
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Kube,
I also found you! A driver you say? Well it sure sounds like you're having a blast! A lot like me when i started on my truck project. Good luck on your A pickup. We could use some pictures! Regards, Chris and Cheryl
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