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ronzet

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So OK LBC fans,

I haven't told anyone this... but...

I spent a week of evenings trying to get my newly rebuilt 1500 A running smoothly...

I re-timed and re-timed, fussed with the carbs and fussed with the carbs... checked and rechecked the ignition wires, plugs, points, et al. Put a new distributor cap on it... then rechecked everything again... to no avail... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif

Then...

I realized that I never adjusted my valves... WAY, WAY, off..

NOW it Purrs like a kitten... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banana.gif

I feel so much better telling someone... PLEASE don't tell anyone else... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/blush.gif
 
David,

Thanks for keeping it just between us... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

I guess the moral of the story is... THINK about it before you do anything... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif
 
no worries, I don't anyone of us would have thought that an engine would not run if the valves weren't opening and closing /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
Empathic parallel:

I just replaced the light fixture onna back porch... motion detector thingie and two light sockets. Bulb(s) had apparently burnt out. Went into the supplies and pulled out a new floodlight bulb from the box (last one) and put it a socket. Flipped the switch and *nothing* happened. I could hear the sensor 'click' but no light. All this a week ago. Today: Rummage about inna garage and come up with a new-in-the-box motion detector with 2 bulb sockets of the same basic config. Go out there and take the old one down, wire up the new one, screw all together, aim it and wind in the same "new" bulb. Hit th' switch and *nothing* AGAIN... Looked into the bulb to see BOTH ends of the filament floating in the vacuum. *DOH!* <slaps forehead>... THEN take off the NEW fixture and re-replace the original. Put two OTHER new bulbs in and VIOLA! Light. Tail chasing is great fun!
I'm dizzy now, may I please sit down? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif
 
DrEntropy,

I must wonder if a total restore on one of our cars would take a single weekend without the countless times that we go.. 'down the wrong path, skipping the obvious stuff'. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif

Ah, but 'tis the fun of it, is it not?... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif

OH, please sit down... don't hurt yourself /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
Nunyas...

This was deffinately a Homer Simpson 'DOH' /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
DrEntropy said:
Empathic parallel:

I just replaced the light fixture onna back porch... motion detector thingie and two light sockets. Bulb(s) had apparently burnt out. Went into the supplies and pulled out a new floodlight bulb from the box (last one) and put it a socket. Flipped the switch and *nothing* happened. I could hear the sensor 'click' but no light. All this a week ago. Today: Rummage about inna garage and come up with a new-in-the-box motion detector with 2 bulb sockets of the same basic config. Go out there and take the old one down, wire up the new one, screw all together, aim it and wind in the same "new" bulb. Hit th' switch and *nothing* AGAIN... Looked into the bulb to see BOTH ends of the filament floating in the vacuum. *DOH!* <slaps forehead>... THEN take off the NEW fixture and re-replace the original. Put two OTHER new bulbs in and VIOLA! Light. Tail chasing is great fun!
I'm dizzy now, may I please sit down? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif
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and the question is, did you get dizzy because you held the bulb with yer hands and spun yerself around til it was all the way in? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
Is there some OTHER way? Some method you know of but ain't tellin' me?!?!
 
using a step ladder and having an assistant spin the ladder for you, of course! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
 
Hey guys,

You are a wealth on knowlege....

I usually spin the house.... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
sheesh! talk about doin' it the hard way! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
Baz,

Isn't the choke SUPPOSED to be out when you tune it???? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/square.gif

That's like bleeding the brakes when the reservor is empty...Like I've never done that either... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

This topic could turn into a catharsis center for LBC nuts...

Where's my adult beverage??? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thirsty.gif
 
How many divorced men does it take to change a lightbulb? NONE they all went with the house!

That seemed appropriate here..... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
Sooo, that's where all my stuff went... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif
 
Anyone ever changed the oil and forgotten to put that odd sixed nut looking thing back in the hole in the metal pan underneath the engine? I HEARD about someone doing that once....yeah, that's it!
 
Shoot if it can be done wrong I've done it that way.
 
Silverghost,

Yeah, I heard about someone, not me of course, that kept checking the dipstick while they stood in a pool of new engine oil and couldn't figure out where all the oil went...

Or driving around for a week with the oil filler cap off and wondered why the car smelled so bad.... Once Again,, not me.... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wall.gif

or ad infinitum, ad nauseum.... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

illigitimi non carborundum.... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/angel.gif
 
bah never ever have I done any of that stuff that you people speak of!

however, I did hear of someone once spending hours trying to start their B only to figure out it wasn't starting because the distributor cap was on 180deg out of phase.... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif


uhmmmmmm... yup... only ~heard~ about that one /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
 
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