Reg Evans

Well....I thought I'd heard this complaint lots of times before but so far I guess my cars and trucks are the only ones having this problem. Anyone else having to keep a small container of gas on hand?

I may or may not have discovered something that has been bothering me for a long time. All of my old Mopars with the Carter B & B carbs will not start easily after resting for a week or so unless I first squirt a little gas down the carb. This goes for my 40 Plymouth too that I purchased a couple of months ago. During the time I was doing the brake job I also decided to install an original carter fuel filter I picked up on ebay. It's the original glass bowl type with the stone filter element inside. It installs right on the inlet to the carb. These filters are usually long gone and replaced with a cheap clear plastic filter hanging down line a little. This car was doing the same annoying hard to start thing that all of mine do. No gas in the carb after about a week of sitting. Today I went out to the car port to start it up and bring it in to complete the brake job and she fired right up. This was after sitting for over a week. Could it be??? Does the original filter bowl stop back siphoning or something????? Have I stumbeled onto something or have the gasoline fumes finally gone to my head??? I'm sure folks back in the 40's didn't have to have a small container of gas around to prime their carbs. What have you guys been experiencing when starting your car after about a week of non use? http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v154/olddodges1/?action=view&current=MVC-003S.jpg

Here's how the military had it done in 41.

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Yeah.....that is a nice one !

Charlie, The center body on the 2 bbl manifold measures 4" and the center body on my 1 bbl measures 3.25"

Thanks Greg ! I will take you up on that kind offer if I can find one of them there Carter BBR's.

He was probably tying to cover up dented bed sides.

I want to try this manifold out on my 230 engine in my 38 Coupe and wondered if ya thought an original 56 Plymouth carb would work any better than one of the Langdon 2 bbls. Anyone know the type of carb that was originall used on the 56?

Whatcha think of the shorter elements? 3" tall rather than 5"

Give these folks a try. http://www.oldmoparts.com/d.htm

Geez !!! sounds like fun?!?! I've never posted there before but I've been tempted ,after hearing this many times,to just stumble onto the scene un-announced just to read the insults.

Sorta reminds me of the IRS Q and A training film. I don't care who you are..that's funny.

Jon, My 42 Dodge coupe's trim looks like your green trim. Same profile but in stainless.

Cool ! I'm an English actor. Show me the money.

Arthur, I found some shorter filter elements at NAPA. 3" tall instead of the 5"ers. I think the proportion will be better. As soon as they come in I'll give you the part number. Reg Havin Fun:D

For my 40 Plymouth the with a 2 wire unit does it matter which wire goes where. My new units terminals are marked 1 and 2. I couldn't see these numbers on the old unit because of rust so I didn't pay attention to their locations. With the new unit installed the gauge seems to fluctuate from 1/4 to 3/4 depending on engine RPM with a measured 8 gallons in the tank. Very strange.

Now...who's the bigger chicken? It's not fair.....the chicken wasn't told how dangerous a Karate kick can be.

Hey Thanks Arthur!!! I got the set of air cleaners and they look really cool. NICE WORK !

Wow !!! That's a nice one. What are the specs on that engine?

OK Dan. I'll check with the other guy and let you know. Don't hesitate to PM me if you don't hear form me in a couple of days. I must admit I'm not 39 any more.

Yup.....right here in my yard but 600 miles north of you Dan. It has a good tailgate and some fenders too. It's a trailer. $300

That must be what happened in my yard. Just a few months after this photo was taken. This happened.

I have one available but I don't know where you live. When you get a chance please fill out a profile so we'll know a little about you and your cool old truck. Welcome to the group Dan!!!!! Can you post a photo of your truck for us to see? Reg

Darn ! I checked Kantors site and they only go back to '46 for Dodge and Plymouth brake parts and RockAuto only goes back to '49. My poor little '40 Plym is left out in the cold.