Outlaw guns, and only outlaws will have them. Or my favorite. Guns don't kill people, people kill people.

edit: There was a story the same day regarding a 25 year old man in Colorado, who killed his father's girlfriend (a math professor) and then went to his dad's college (I don't remember what his dad taught), and killed him with a compound bow. After that, he took his own life by stabbing himself to death. No gun used, 3 deaths. Guns had nothing to do with it. I don't hear anyone screaming to outlaw compound bows, or knives.

Jim

 

You were right Pop, that packing was toast.

Got her disassembled, cleaned and working strong. No leaky no more. Normally the H's are rustbuckets from the midwest/east. You've been keepin' this 'un dry.

That's the 220C hanging to dry Steve.

 

You know, all your pictures look like they were taken by lantern light. Anything to that?

 

Wow! You have workbench-top space! Most things around here get done nowadays either on my tailgate or a glass-top patio table in the back yard. Both are dependent on good weather and daylight! Real estate on my shop benches has long-ago disappeared under the junk (uhhh... "spare parts").

I suspected that packing failure when I got a fuel leak every time the valve was opened, thus I had it on-hand to install (someday.... someday....). Do you know if the pricker crank also has packing? Was that all that was wrong with the 220?

I was pretty sure that the 220's tank was pretty clean, but the 228's may not be so. That's the one whose check valve I suspect. That tank crud may be what's wrong with that valve. At the same time, it might be the sealing surface on the font's fill spout or the cap gasket, but I haven't seen any evidence of fuel seepage around it. At any rate, it won't hold pump pressure, and the flame eventually dies out over about ten minutes or so, and is seems that the only thing left is the check valve. It was last fired-up a few days ago to help with describing the symptoms.

So the 220's back on-line? Whoo-Rah! I'd bet it hasn't fired in at least five years. I had a pretty-good idea what I had to do to that one, but never got that Round Tuit!

What else are you working on out there? I see fresh paint on a font. Whose 220C? Is a C-font steel or brass?

Pop

 

Probably does, but I've never opened that side up on an H. Didn't see or hear any leaks there. Yes, ran great after that.
Clean?, sheez, that's an understatement; I was temped to climb in an have a meal off that tank floor. Agree, both cap gaskets look great. I'll start her up and see if I can replicate the issue.
When I pumped it up, there was some back pressure which usually means a stuck ball valve - or gooey anyway - we'll see.

Thats the one I got from Steve; my first 220C brass font; 1945 very cool, was very tempted to leave it unpainted.

Hmm, maybe we need a thread devoted to white gas, naptha, coleman fuel stoves, lanterns, heaters, irons, and ...

 

G'morning SoCal!! Dead week is this week (meaning week before finals) and as such the all nighters have begun. Hope everyone has a good week and gets more sleep than i do the next week or so!!!

And Sean, nice work on those!! those are SWEET!

 

Have fun Dave

 

Good morning So Cal FTE! Rise and shine.

Jim

 

Haha ill try Steve! I'm currently 800 words and an hour and a half into a 1800 word essay for a lit class thats due at 6pm tonight. Excellent procrastination on my part I know





Morning Jim!

 

Just in case you missed it in another thread in another FTE forum:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...l#post12561369

Pop

 

Last October's NHRDA World Finals air on Fox Sports West today @ 5pm and Monday @ 8pm

 

Just found it. Cool deal!

 

Did FCDP Adam drive home right from the big end of the track after his last pass? Ouch!

 

He got out of it because he thought the Warren County truck was done. Obviously it wasn't

 

You've once again left the masses in awe, Steve. Hope everyone is having a good weekend.