Need road side help in Knoxville, TN... Anyone close?!?

Come on guys the boss needs a favor and theres brownie points. Damnit I could use those points and I am all the way down south. Serious theres gotta be someone close.

 

really? the hamb covers the globe and there's no one in alabama? bump

 

Anyone?

 

Called him. Trying to help over phone, and have a friend/customer around that area who has shop. Trying to get on touch with friend with home shop...

 

^Will is good people.

Lets get Ryan's buddy taken care of!! BTTT

 

Might be ignition related.
Mallory electronic distributor in 1950 merc flathead engine.
Getting him to check and make sure he is getting full 12 volts
To power distributor.
Also reaearching what that distributor is supposed to be getting to it.
12 volts? Or is there supposed to be a ballast in front to make like 8 volts?

Might not be it, but can make electronic ign miss and run bad if voltage not right to them.

A start.

 

I think supposed to be a ballast resistor in line, and then only about 8 volts at distributor?
checking.......
ANYONE AROUND THAT AREA? ROADSIDE HELP? i AM JUST ON PHONE.

 

Maybe try hitting up Denise or zman, I think they have handy a copy of the hamb helper page,I ave a copy ome where too,just don't know where I put it.....

 

Anyone with tools / mechanic around birmingham? Probably he is staying for night around there. Some one on the ground help this guy out.

 

Bump for help

 

What ignition set up is it? Some take a resistor, some dont. Just reread, if it is a unilite,,, it takes a resistor.

 

BTTT for Alabama HELP!

 

If it comes to it, I have a great 12v stock dizzy and coil. Can overnight for Fri.....

 

Btt

 

Iam from the Ham and would love to help but i no jack about flat heads

 

Trying to get in touch with a fellow Hamber in Alabama now....

 

BTTT

With the 504 area code, I ***ume he is from Louisiana and is traveling I-59... I wish he had broken down two hours earlier while p***ing through my town....could have helped.

 

I talked to Joe and he is on the road ..he stopped at local parts store ...bought a bunch of plugs ....he is fouling one of the plugs with oil..i called everyone i know trying to help.....Joe said he was hammering down next stop Knoxville,tn...be on the lookout Tn...

 

I just talked to Joe and he seems to be rolling along. Still missing, but alot better than before.

 

Don't know him but I remembered this ad from a Bham area car with a flathead:
http://bham.craigslist.org/cto/3225043578.html
Name and phone in the ad

 

yes, uni lite. it does take a resistor.

Could be something else, but a volt check going into and out of the ballast is where I would start.

 

Bump for Joe.....

Saw this 4 hrs ago when he was around B'ham...and now he's goin' toward Knoxville He must be haulin azz
too late now I guess...I'm just north of 40/840(prolly where he popped up)==got an 8BA he could have scrounged the dizzy off of...wish I'd posted earlier(I thought he was flat broke down). Anyway.. Harrison is in Kville, hotrodA Bill is on further north...hope somebody can help him

 

The dude with the flamed Es*** roadster is in Knoxville? Ratster or something like that. Old school hamber. I think purple car with chunky green flames?


Just throwing out ideas

 

Bumpin' back up Thursday A.M. Did he overnight in Knoxville or is he into SW Va. by now?