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Although I have continued to try and work on my car, I recently discovered a leak in my cooling system. As such, between my engagement and work, I realize that I probably no longer have the...

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I think that I may have finally tracked down what may be causing at least part of my issues. I pulled the auto-choke/climatic controls off again and double checked the metal coil and...

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I replaced the fuel line/tube from the fuel filter to the carburetor this weekend. In doing this I drained the fuel that was in the filter. Afterwards when I tried to start the engine, it...

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Thanks for all your help :)

Eventhough I know that the fuel gauge is off, which may also mean that there may be other issues in the fuel tank, right now I intend to fist start looking at...

Thanks. I have to admit, although I wish the car was working correctly, it does feel a little rewarding to be able to tray and figure things out as I go. Though at times I do feel like I am in over...

I went ahead and pulled the climatic control nob off the carburetor to check out the coil inside. I was afraid that I may have over tightened it while adjusting it the other day, so I wanted to...

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I finally had a chance to replace the fuel filter. After having done that I could see that the fuel appears to be fairly clear and also seems to be flowing well, but now the engine will crank...

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Over the last day or two I've begun to run into a potentially new problem. I've been able to keep the car from stalling when I give it gas, but now the car will only run for about 20-30 seconds...

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Thanks. My car does have a Dynaflow.

I removed t the air cleaner today to get a better look at the carburetor when the engine was running. When I started the car today the ticking was...

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Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely look into that. I was able to get the engine to run today, and maintain an idle. Though everytime I tried to give it a little more gas it began to...

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At the suggestion of a friend I bought a can of starting fluid and sprayed a small amount in the carburetor. When I try and start the car, I can hear it "fire" for half a second or so, but the...

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Thanks. I actually have a 51 shop manual at home.

For the most part I am trying to more or less go through the car system by system and check everything out. Since I could not get the...

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Thanks. I know that one of the cables (+) is fairly new (because I still have the old one sitting on the floor in the back seat) but I will look into getting a new (-) cable.

Pat

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Thanks. I'll definitely look into that. I got my new battery today, and the starter now engages, but the engine isn't "catching". So I guess my next step is to start checking out the fuel...

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I was able to swap out the spark plug wires and get everything all put back together and cleaned up. But it appears that my battery needs to be replaced, so I have ordered a new one, which...

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Although it rained alot this weekend, I did get a chance to swap out the spark plug wires, open up the disributor, pull the battery and swap out the air cleaner (mostly - I need a new tie down...

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Yeah, that's the one.

I also just received my new spark plug wires (and a big thick catalog) from Brillman today and I also purchased a new 10" air cleaner, so hopefully I might be able to...

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I almost forgot. There is a brief article in the Sept 2018 issue of Street Rodder on a mod someone did swapping out their Dynaflow and rear end on their 56 Buick. I don't usually read...

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I finally got a chance to do a little work on the car this weekend. It looks like one of the spark plug wires (for cylinder 5) may be bad. I got a resistance about 10x as high as the rest of...

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I have seen in several places recommendations that the gap for a 6V system may be different than for a 12v system, such as in these links below.

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Pat
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Thanks for your input. No offense taken. As I have noted previously, one of the several options that I have been considering was to have the engine rebuilt and to also replace things like...

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Thanks for the input. I will definitely make sure to check the lead between the coil and distributor sometime this week.

Thanks again

Pat

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I do think that the coil is a...

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Thanks for your input. Right now, I'm just going through all the electrical components to make sure that they are in good working order. So I want to make sure that the inside of the...

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I had a chance to do a little work on my car this weekend, and was able to confirm that the ignition coil and flashers have been converter to 12V as shown in the images below. However, I...

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Thanks. I'll look into that. I haven't had any problems with the gauges or lights, other than the dashboard light, so I have my fingers crossed that those are OK. I've been looking through...