--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDY00006 Date: 09/20/97 From: METT RENFROW Time: 10:48am \/To: DAY BROWN (Read 0 times) Subj: Hot Rod Lincoln (x) Quoting Day Brown to Mett Renfrow (x) DB> Look underneath at the inside of the drums for leakage. how far DB> do you havta drive this thing. any bad down hill runs? can you After dealing with the Swiss-cheese brake lines on my other car, I can sure appreciate that advice. DB> make the trip in wee hour lite traffic? If it aint a short trip, DB> say less than a couple dozen stop sign stops, you might not need It will be 100+ miles, from Fayetteville NC to Wilmington NC, though there is a garage I might be able to take it to in Fayetteville that is about 1 and 3/4 mile away from the garage where it is now. DB> to leak out all the fluid, *all* the brakes are gone! 72? maybe DB> on a lincoln. bring extra brake fluid. The manual states that it has dual brakes. DB> pump up the oil pressure to all the bearings, and hopefully it DB> will pump up any collapsed lifters. What is a lifter? :) Thanks for all the detailed advice; I'll relay it to my mad lab assistant mechanic friend who's helping me. klink@wilmington.net ... USA: Lazy and illiterate, but we build a good A-bomb! ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- GEcho 1.2/Pro Warped * Origin: "I heard them talking on The Coconut Telegraph/2" Wilm,N (1:3628/10) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDY00007 Date: 09/26/97 From: JOEL HECKMAN Time: 09:18am \/To: TIM CAMPBELL (Read 0 times) Subj: 40 LaSalle -> Ok, I got the '40 LaSalle running and it runs great at low RPM's and -> when it is not fully warmed up. I took it out for an extended run -> and after about 1/2 hour it really started to run rough. I have new -> points, plugs, cap, rotor, etc. the carb was rebuilt, and I still -> don't have a clue. Have you replaced the coil? Not very likely, but it could be low on the cooling oil, therefore over-heating. Joel --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0154 * Origin: MicroLink BBS * Dinuba, CA 209-591-8753 (1:214/80) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDY00008 Date: 09/26/97 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 01:54pm \/To: TIM CAMPBELL (Read 0 times) Subj: 40 LaSalle -> Ok, I got the '40 LaSalle running and it runs great at low RPM's and -> when it is not fully warmed up. I took it out for an extended run -> and after about 1/2 hour it really started to run rough. I have new -> points, plugs, cap, rotor, etc. the carb was rebuilt, and I still -> don't have a clue. -> Anyone have any ideas? Does it seem as if it's running rich? Does the choke open fully? -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDY00009 Date: 09/28/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 08:27pm \/To: METT RENFROW (Read 0 times) Subj: Hot Rod Lincoln METT RENFROW wrote in a message to SEAN DUNBAR: MR> Thanks. I never thought about things like that. I MR> read a web page last night that said rods and other internal MR> parts are apt to snap like damp pasta if the engine is gummed MR> up enough (during an attempt to start up). That ain't gummed up, that's *seized*! Anytime something's been sitting for a while it couldn't hurt to turn it over slowly (by hand if you can) to get the oil flowing into places it's supposed to be. I wouldn't change it then, though. I'd wait until I got it running and it got up to normal operating temperature and then change it. MR> It's got me sort of nervous, but it's either this or let the MR> dern thing deteriorate till it's a big 5,000lb paper weight. I did that with one car that had problems I couldn't deal with, and would hate like hell to do it again. MR> I guess I'll have to give in and get a job to pay for all of MR> this. Egads, you too? Between the automotive stuff and the computer stuff and all those people that want money for stuff like rent, phone, etc. I find myself needing to do that too. I start a new one tomorrow... email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDY00010 Date: 09/28/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 08:37pm \/To: METT RENFROW (Read 0 times) Subj: Hot Rod Lincoln METT RENFROW wrote in a message to DAY BROWN: DB> Look underneath at the inside of the drums for leakage. how far DB> do you havta drive this thing. any bad down hill runs? can you MR> After dealing with the Swiss-cheese brake lines on MR> my other car, I can sure appreciate that advice. <...> DB> to leak out all the fluid, *all* the brakes are gone! 72? maybe DB> on a lincoln. bring extra brake fluid. MR> The manual states that it has dual brakes. Dual brakes don't seem to mean squat... I've been in about three different situations where I lost half the brakes. In one case the axle seals failed and I got gear oil all over the rear ones, whoops, all of a sudden I don't have the braking I'm supposed to... The other couple of times was because of front hose failure and those times it was like I had no brakes at all. Dual systems didn't mean a whole lot, not at all. email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDY00011 Date: 09/28/97 From: ROY J. TELLASON Time: 08:39pm \/To: JOEL HECKMAN (Read 0 times) Subj: 40 LaSalle Joel Heckman wrote in a message to Tim Campbell: -> Ok, I got the '40 LaSalle running and it runs great at low RPM's and -> when it is not fully warmed up. I took it out for an extended run -> and after about 1/2 hour it really started to run rough. I have new -> points, plugs, cap, rotor, etc. the carb was rebuilt, and I still -> don't have a clue. JH> Have you replaced the coil? Not very likely, but it could JH> be low on the cooling oil, therefore over-heating. Cooling oil in the coil? Did they really do that? email: roy.j.tellason%tanstaaf@frackit.com --- * Origin: TANSTAAFL BBS 717-432-0764 (1:270/615) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDY00012 Date: 09/28/97 From: ROY WITT Time: 03:12pm \/To: ALEXANDER BILAN (Read 0 times) Subj: 40 LaSalle 26 Sep 97 15:42, Puleeeeze Brer Alexander Bilan, Dooooon't trow 40 LaSalle in dat der Briar Patch! AB> >> Ok, I got the '40 LaSalle running and it runs great at low RPM's and >> when it >> is not fully warmed up. I took it out for an extended run and after >> about >> 1/2 hour it really started to run rough. I have new points, plugs, >> cap, rotor, etc. the carb was rebuilt, and I still don't have a clue. >> Anyone have any ideas? AB> AB> Fuel filter. You may have some gunk in the tank that got sucked up AB> and is now restricting fuel flow into the carb. Especially if that car sat for any length of time with old gasoline in the tank... ... Self help for people who talk too much: On and On Anon.. --- * Origin: Bow Tie Racers, Been There, WON That! (1:202/909.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDY00013 Date: 09/26/97 From: HAL RONEY Time: 12:34am \/To: TIM CAMPBELL (Read 0 times) Subj: 40 LaSalle TC>Ok, I got the '40 LaSalle running and it runs great at low RPM's and when it TC>is not fully warmed up. I took it out for an extended run and after about TC>1/2 hour it really started to run rough. I have new points, plugs, cap, TC>rotor, etc. the carb was rebuilt, and I still don't have a clue. TC>Anyone have any ideas? Lean mixture, Advanced timing, Blown head gasket, Cracked head or block, Hopefully in that order! HTR --- . OLX 2.2 . Do computers in prison have ape keys ?? * Origin: Lunatic Fringe BBS * Richardson, TX * 972-235-5288 * (1:124/2113) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDZ00000 Date: 09/29/97 From: SEAN DUNBAR Time: 12:00pm \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: 40 LaSalle RJT> Cooling oil in the coil? Did they really do that? They still do, in many of them. Pick up a coil sometime and shake it, you can hear it sloshing around. --- Telegard v3.02/mL * Origin: tos * Carrollton TX * (972) 395-3039 (1:124/6630) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EDZ00001 Date: 09/29/97 From: SEAN DUNBAR Time: 12:00pm \/To: ALEXANDER BILAN (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: 460 weight AB> Hows about this for a round-a-bout way of determining its approx. AB> weight, is their another ford engine that has the same outside AB> dimensions as the 351M/400? I wouldn't know, I haven't ever paid much attention to any of the others. I would imagine it's pretty close to the 351W/C engines.. --- Telegard v3.02/mL * Origin: tos * Carrollton TX * (972) 395-3039 (1:124/6630)