Title: Waking The Dead
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Blog Entry: Well I finally posted some pictures of all but one of my cars. It was an aggravating experience to say the least. The reason being that every spring when I finally fire them up, they seem to always rebel. The Fiat is the one car that has been driven regularly but must have decided to act up as a sign of unity. I pulled the Fiat out first for pictures only because it was in the way of the rest. When I got out of the car with the engine still running, all could smell was gas. I popped the hood to find a fuel injector spraying gas on to the alternator. I’m happy to be able to post a picture of it without any fire damage. After I was done fixing the line and snapping some photo’s, I went for the 1953 Buick Skylark which although it was running fine when I parked it last fall and I had charged the battery, it wouldn’t crank at all. The 1953 Skylark is unique in that it has a switch built into the accelerator peddle that cranks it over. After reading the repair manual and trying a few things that didn’t work, I resorted to the oldest trick in the book, I tapped a few things with a hammer. One was a vacuum switch on the carburetor that gets sucked in when the engine starts which in turn kills the cranking motor. I thought it might be stuck in the off position and it was. Once I got her out of the barn, she ran out of gas. My bad. The next one to wake from the dead was the 1956 Ford Thunderbird. The battery was dead, but she fired right up with a jump start only to flood out and stall when I left her to warm up. The old screw driver in the chock flap got her going again. Finally was the 1963 Buick Riviera which fired right up on the first try. However, as I pulled it out of the barn, I heard a strange scrapping sound under the rear end of the car. I got out to find that the rubber hanger straps that hold up the back end of the exhaust system had snapped off. They looked brand new but had just dried out over time. I went with bailing wire until I can get the parts. Well anyway, it took me all afternoon but I got the photos and got them into my garage. As I mentioned in my first post, I want to go over each of the cars and the many projects I’ve completed on them and the one’s I have planned to do. I hope you all will enjoy them and jump in with comments and advise. The last car I have is an odd deal because although it was built in 1991 it only has 83 miles on it. But that’s a story for another day. I promise to get her out in the sun for some pictures real soon, and hopefully without having to fix anything in the process. Last guy out, get the lights - Jeff
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