I have just enough mechanic in me to be dangerous. My mind set is that there is nothing I can't do so I frequently wade in to projects beyond my ability to tread water then spend weeks splashing around before I call in an expert. I call it real time education.
My restores have been more cosmetic and reconstruction than of the lets change a cam this weekend variety.
That takes me back to the Champ.... It ran when I first got it. It just didn't stop and there was so much dirt in the shag interior that to drive it around the block was a major excursion. After I restored the 3 and one half brake cylinders that were frozen, I moved straight into the interior and digging through bondo to find the source of surface rust stains, replacing floor boards, rockers etc.
With the interior at 85% and the exterior starting to look complete from 50 feet, I turned this week to the basic stuff that makes it run..... points, rotor, distributor, plugs, wires, rebuilt the carburetor etc.
Tonight, despite redoing most of the wiring, and replacing all these goodies at once, one shot of ether and she started right up. With the carb all primed, two hours later she started cold on the second revolution.
Time to sit back and gloat to the wife who never doubted my abilities to someday make it run again....
My restores have been more cosmetic and reconstruction than of the lets change a cam this weekend variety.
That takes me back to the Champ.... It ran when I first got it. It just didn't stop and there was so much dirt in the shag interior that to drive it around the block was a major excursion. After I restored the 3 and one half brake cylinders that were frozen, I moved straight into the interior and digging through bondo to find the source of surface rust stains, replacing floor boards, rockers etc.
With the interior at 85% and the exterior starting to look complete from 50 feet, I turned this week to the basic stuff that makes it run..... points, rotor, distributor, plugs, wires, rebuilt the carburetor etc.
Tonight, despite redoing most of the wiring, and replacing all these goodies at once, one shot of ether and she started right up. With the carb all primed, two hours later she started cold on the second revolution.
Time to sit back and gloat to the wife who never doubted my abilities to someday make it run again....
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