A good friend of mine is looking for a carb for a 1927 plymouth
If you have any info on one of these please email me off list..thanks
Bartman
rsmith@nckcn.com
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Somewhere on the High Plaines of Kansas
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-----Original Message-----
From: ROGER GLEASON <rogerg@maverick.facil.uconn.edu>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 3:35 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] "thunk" is rarely a good noise
>
>> You missed a clue Grant. He said "... turn of the key yielded only ..."
>> Sounds like he has a solenoid system, not a foot starter.
>> If all of Grant's other very good troubleshooting suggestions
>> do not solve your problem you can either replace or (if you are
>> incredibly cheap like me) fix the solenoid yourself.
>>
>> I learned how to double the life of a solenoid from a Chevy
>> mechanic in the early sixties.
>>
>> Remove the solenoid from the starter.
>> Remove the plastic end cap from the solenoid.
>> Turn the 2 large studs in the cap a half turn which will
>> expose new unused contact surface. These studs have a
>> square shoulder under the head that allows them to be installed
>> in any of 4 positions, but only 2 positions will work correctly.
>> Make sure you turn them a half turn.
>> Use emery cloth (several steps coarse to fine) on the copper
>> alloy disk removing the pitted/corroded/arched material.
>> Re-assemble and re-install on the vehicle.
>>
>> Most of the time the solenoid will be as good as new. Of course
>> someone may have already done this once, in which case you probably
>> need a new solenoid.
>Before you buy a new solenoid... I've found another
>method...find another solenoid and remove a good bolt from it
>and install it in yours!!!!
>Just a trick another old mechanic (me) found by being
>resourceful...It must be the irish (Mc Icver) in me!
>
>Rogerg
>51-3100 AD Stocker
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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