Carburetor - Ford 94 rebuild

While in the middle of the master cylinder project, I went ahead and started the carburetor rebuild. The carburetor only seemed to have one issue, a leak. But, I feel better knowing that everything internal is new.

Here is a before and after shot.

I am getting close to finishing up the master cylinder project. More to come on that soon.

Master Cylinders can be the pits...

Unfortunately, my attempt to have the master cylinder rebuilt did not go as planned. There was just too much pitting to get it to hold fluid.

On to plan B. Which in my case, should be better than the original plan.

We'll have to wait and see what happens next.

Brakes

Since the car likes to drink the brake fluid, and there are no puddles, the first step will be to rebuild the master cylinder. Here are a couple pictures of how it looks. It should look better when it's time to put it back on as well.

Next will be any brake parts that could fail, which will be new wheel cylinders and brake hoses.

It has been a while since I have had any information to update. A lot has happened since my last post, just not with the car. I wanted to share a link to a photo album I created for the car.

There are a few things I will focus on working on first. Now that it is running, I want to rebuild the carburetor. I noticed a small leak, and would rather nip it in the bud. Also need new belts.

The next thing I will work on is brakes, mainly wheel cylinders, rubber hoses for now.

My main goal has been to do the minimal amount of work to get things to function. Now I am planning on replacing things that could stop functioning on the first trip.

How it looks as of September 2012.

Feeding the Flathead

Since I got the car running, I've been using a new piece of 3/8 fuel hose and gas in a glass Ragu jar sitting up on the cowl. I had no idea what was in store for the gas tank and what might be lurking inside. My parents were down this weekend so I had an extra set of hands (and advice) from my Dad. We jacked it up and drained the tank, and dropped it. With the help of a flashlight we were able to see how clean the bottom actually looked. To our surprise there wasn't a ton of gunk built up. We cleaned it out, blew out the hard fuel line with the compressor, and put the tank back on. With only two shots of gas in the carb to prime it we were able to get it running off the new gas in the tank. No more driving with the hood open.

Update with current picture

Car backed into middle of yard

After the first set of extra tires that came with the car failed me after getting them mounted, I managed to score a free set of roller tires. I put them on tonight and decided to try getting it to move. I got my fuel source hooked up, popped it in reverse, and pulled out of the spot it's been sitting in since I got it. It was only in the back yard, but it felt like a huge accomplishment. This picture is how it looks as of tonight. The tires are smaller than what I'll eventually have on it, but for free they get it off the ground and rolling. More to come soon.

First Picture

1952 Ford Customline

I felt a picture of the car was necessary. This is what it looked like when I got it.

To see more pictures, go to my album on facebook.

More to come soon.