The Jalopy Journal
Thanks! Yeah, once I found out that was how you adjusted dwell to a point on that ignition I definitely messed with it, but on the scope it is...
Alright, Good News! The car was running, albeit pretty shaky earlier, the timing is right on and doesn't wander, but it ran out of gas, and when...
Situation update: New distributor is in the car, but even with all my measurements the gears didn't mesh until I tried to start the car and now...
Lol, now that's the plan, my dad just needed more definitive evidence before we replace the distributor and pertronix, he just couldn't be...
I currently have the reflective heat tape on the bowl of the carb and on the fuel line all the way down to the fuel pump, I know that if it was...
Thanks! I will try that in the future! But I personally think it is almost proven an ignition problem now, no longer fuel.
@okiedokie I went through the carb once, and then there was a different but related issue in relation to the car dying, it turns out the rebuild...
Alright, thank you all for the patience, the car is generally a weekend project so that's when I will have the most new info, we recently got a...
It fits under the guidelines of the traditional customs forum.
I checked that, the connection is good.
Originally it was a vapor lock condition, and the needle valve needed to be replaced so while I was going through the carb I decided to go ahead...
And I will definitely look into the voltage regulator, but are you sure they still use those with the generator? I thought that was just an...
Unfortunately this ignition system is the only one we have for the car, it was installed when we got it.
Also, I looked into the plugged exhaust, unfortunately the exhaust is working just fine and the solution wasn't that simple :(
Alright everyone, I am back, thanks for waiting. So I tested the primary resistance and the secondary resistance on the coil. Before I started the...
The distributor has been modified so that it doesn't have a condensor and points, but instead it has a magnetic pickup.
Alright, I will look into replacing the coil. Something else that I have just noticed is that before it heats up the digital tachometer holds...
Hello! So my 1958 Ford Thunderbird runs really well when it is cold, but when it heats up it dies under load. After it dies, it doesn't start back...
Alright, sorry for the delay, but I will get some more pictures later tonight, so, just to be clear, you want pictures that show where the window...
Hello! So, I have a 1958 t-bird, and I have run into an issue with the windows, there is a gap between the door window and the rear quarter...
Alright, so I have this 1958 Ford Thunderbird that I did a Granada forward spindle swap so I could have the disc brakes, needless to say, the...
Alrighty, thanks for the helpful advice guys! I will certainly try it out tomorrow, I was able to get the up and down right on my own, but an inch...
Hello guys, So I currently have quite a predicament with the alignment of the driver's side door on my bird, and I was wondering if anyone had the...
Separate names with a comma.
The Jalopy Journal