Sunday, January 20, 2008
The 1948 Plymouth is running!
It's Runnin' Baby!! After replacing the head gasket, and the water pump, I went ahead and began to put the engine back together. I replaced the all the hoses, plugs, belt. Once the block was looking normal again, I proceeded to drop the oil pan. replaced the gasket and cleaned out the sludge from the pan. At that point I thought I was ready to try and start the car. I added oil, Gas and antifreeze. I tried to crank the engine over with no luck. Try most of that day and no luck. At that point I looked into rebuilding the Carburetor. Picked up the kit and did it. I went to crank it over. after about 5 mins of trying,,, VVVRRROOOOOOOM! it was on! And holy crap It smoked up the entire neighborhood. I thought for sure someone was going to call the fire dept on me . But never the less its running, backfiring and all its running! and to think I was told that I needed a new engine! Feel free to comment or just say hi.
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2 comments:
The shine looks amazing. Did you have it professionally buffed? Was it kept covered the past 20 years?
Cruise by and take me to lunch sometime!
I was given a 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe named Charlie by my grandmother a few months back. She is running fairly well but needs quite a bit of work to be as nice as yours! I have a question about the rear brakes, I have not been able to get the rear drums off. I have tried PB Blaster, a torch and hammering it. Nothing has worked. If you could send me an email at benwehmann@gmail.com and let me know if there are any tricks that I am missing that would be great!
Thanks
Ben
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