|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
11-14-2017, 10:33 PM | #21 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Orcas Island Washington
Posts: 4,847
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
The engine was never running. It was just switched on to mess with the gauge and if it was functioning or not. In a daily or weekly driving situation, turning off the ignition switch kills the engine. If one is just working with the gauges or igniton, it is fairly easy to leave the switch in the 'on' position after we are done with our tests....
__________________
Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson) |
11-14-2017, 10:36 PM | #22 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Orcas Island Washington
Posts: 4,847
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
STARTED right up!!!! Runs perfect. But I want this vehicle to be able to go down to California to a woodie get together or whatever. Maybe the points and coil survived?
__________________
Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson) |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
11-14-2017, 10:40 PM | #23 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Melbourne Australia.
Posts: 2,076
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
YEP, You were bloody lucky then. Fit that battery cut off switch now, you old fart !! Regards, Kevin.
|
11-14-2017, 11:19 PM | #24 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Calgary Alberta
Posts: 133
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
Hang the key on a nail by the garage door.
Make a point of looking to see if it is hanging there when you go in the house for the night. |
11-15-2017, 01:02 AM | #25 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Everett WA
Posts: 346
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
|
11-15-2017, 02:03 AM | #26 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Lower Hutt , New Zealand
Posts: 2,125
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
Quote:
Wheew!! Graeme
__________________
"you can't make honey out of dog sh*t" "You're a long time looking at the lid" |
|
11-15-2017, 06:16 AM | #27 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Lake worth Florida
Posts: 1,073
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
Wire your headlights to the ign switch . If you miss the lights being on it will kill the battery usually before any ignition (expensive ) damage . Of course your battery will take a beating , but a recharge or jump is easy .
CRS only gets worse |
11-15-2017, 07:21 AM | #28 |
Member Emeritus
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Wichita KS
Posts: 16,132
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
As Kevin already answered, one of the small wires connected to the coil. Either the wire from the ignition switch to the coil or the wire from the coil to the distributor points. In your latest case the points must have been open, lucky you! Kevin's suggestion for a cut-out switch is a good one, but I would still remove the coil wire while trouble shooting. You could spend a considerable amount of time working around the car during the day and under the right conditions it doesn't take long to damage something with the ignition on.
|
11-15-2017, 07:31 AM | #29 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Marana Arizona
Posts: 1,771
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
If it were me the follow-up would be when I call AAA for a jump and the driver notices that my new cut-off switch was in the off position.
Glad it is OK... We all do it, I think? |
11-15-2017, 09:35 AM | #30 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Orcas Island Washington
Posts: 4,847
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
I thank you all for your support and suggestions. I will order up a battery switch. But Flowmeister, what is a key? Actually my my modern 1990's vehicles have them but they stay in the ignition 24/7. The woodie has a push-pull ignition switch on the dash. Maybe I need to address that before I drive to Wavecrest. I've been on this island for 40 years and the locals say the only time they lock their cars is late summer and that's only to keep their friends from filling up their cars with surplus zuchinni. If someone stole a car here, they'd have to wait an hour or more sitting in the ferry line to get it off. Ok, off to that jobsite now.....
__________________
Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1947 Tonner Pickup (red) mostly stock with exception of a cummins 6at turbo diesel, 1946 Tonner Pickup (green) with 226 cu in 6 cyl flathead, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, completely encased in 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. Ok, cornbinder rear fenders..... 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson) |
11-15-2017, 09:59 AM | #31 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: 36 miles north of Albany NY
Posts: 2,931
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
I was going to walk out to the garage and take a picture of my knife switch mounted on top of my battery and upload it to the barn, duh I moved the car to storage yesterday, picture will have to wait.
|
11-15-2017, 10:34 AM | #32 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,772
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
Here’s mine - iphone sideways
__________________
Thanks Andy 1952 F1 |
11-15-2017, 10:46 AM | #33 |
Member Emeritus
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Wichita KS
Posts: 16,132
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
Andy, mind if I rotate it?
|
11-15-2017, 11:03 AM | #34 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,772
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
__________________
Thanks Andy 1952 F1 |
11-15-2017, 11:05 AM | #35 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Coral Springs FL
Posts: 10,879
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
GB: I've had good luck with the little green cut off switch. Cheap and it works.
It's not real brass. |
11-15-2017, 11:17 AM | #36 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 563
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
I was going to mention those "green knob" cutoffs. Was told to avoid those, fwiw, they have only a tiny gauge conductor (made of golly knows what material) at one point in the connection. They do work though.
|
11-15-2017, 11:23 AM | #37 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 3,744
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
I too have made this mistake. I now have become OCD about checking, double checking and sometimes triple checking to make sure the ignition switch is OFF. I have even parked in the garage, triple checked, went in to the house and came back out a few minutes later just to make sure it is OFF. I now have a problem that consumes me!
|
11-15-2017, 11:55 AM | #38 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Coshocton Ohio
Posts: 168
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
'34 November 2014 005 -Cropped.jpg
FWIW, I have installed a circuit breaker with an additional manual break. This opens and closes all of the electrical system. When I'm done using the car I just press the little red button and the circuit is opened and a little tab drops down. To reactivate I just push up the tab to reset the breaker. |
11-15-2017, 04:28 PM | #39 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 469
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
GB I know you're thrifty and I remember from your woodie build post that there is a heavy equipment salvage yard near you. Pretty much all pieces of heavy equipment/forestry, excavation and big trucks have a quality battery disconnect switch in the cab or near the battery box. Good quality switches will set you back $100.+/_ Used $20. is fair as it's not a high demand item. Those green ones are junk! Just tryin' to save U a couple a bucks...Bill
|
11-15-2017, 05:51 PM | #40 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 5,013
|
Re: SO incredibly mad at myself!!!
Boy - I'm glad I have a magneto on my flathead! LOL . . . otherwise this older age crap is going to be HELL! LOL
Glad she started right up. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|