New to Forum: 1949 Plymouth Business Coupe

[kented]

Put in the headlights and running lights/turn signals

Headlights are H4 with a European lense which I think has a better pattern than the standard lense

Running lights have orange bulbs in them which will have a orange glow during operation and a bright orange flash for turn signals

[fstfish66]

head lites do look good,,  I once read an  article that head lites are designed for left or right hand drivers,,,,not sure if thats true or not

[pflaming]

All three of my kids are left handed. So Iguess I should have paid more attention to the rt hand lf hand driver lights! Can't know it all! lol

[DonaldSmith]

I read (redd) someplace that when British cars came out of the Chunnel into France, they needed prisms on their headlights to change the beams from left-strong to right-strong.  Maybe now they have ambidextrous headlights for travel on the continent.  

 

I'm left-handed, and it runs in my family.  It's OK, except that right-handed people think that they are always right, and that we lefties are sinister and gauche.   (Pronounced go-sh, meaning clumsy and socially unsophisticated.)

[Don Coatney]

I am a righty but I am the only gauche person that I know

[fstfish66]

i was born a righty,,,forced to be a lefty at the time  i was learing to write in school,,due to  some surgerys  i was having as a toddler,,,so what does that make me ?? lol

[Niel Hoback]

I am ambidextrous, I can't do anything with both hands.

[TodFitch]

I am ambidextrous, I can't do anything with both hands.

Wouldn't that be ambisinistrous rather than ambidextrous?

[Niel Hoback]

ambidontwork

[Plymouthy Adams]

TodFitch, on 30 Sept 2014 - 5:57 PM, said:

Wouldn't that be ambisinistrous rather than ambidextrous?

I find the word clumsy so much easier to spell...

[TodFitch]

I find the word clumsy so much easier to spell...

 

Don't like pseudo-Latin?

 

You'd probably get a kick out of one of the things mentioned by the instructor early in the first "first responder" class I took: "Never say bleed when hemorrhage will do"

[kented]

[kented]

Today I ordered a full gasket set, new thermostat, new water pump, oil filter, metal fuel filter, new front and rear shocks. Full gasket set is a couple weeks away so Im just waiting for everything to go and pick it up.

Should be out at the car again on the 18th and the plan is to spend a solid day and get it running

I'll keep you guys posted

-Kent

[kented]

Was able to get the car into my friends shop today. Nice dry place to work in and sure beats the tent!

 

 

 

New fuel filter, existing one was the see through plastic one which i think is a huge fire hazzard

 

 

New water pump & 180F thermostat 

 

 

As you can see ive run the loomed wires against the block trying to keep them out of sight as possible, friend made a bracket to fit the ignition coil to the existing base, finished all the plug wires and wiring 

 

 

 

Ended up fairly symmetrical. 

 

Hopefully have the car running next saturday, Getting it up on the lift to replace the all 4 shocks, coolant, oil, trans and rear end oil. Couple more wires to run inside the fender to get to the headlights and get her out on the open road

[deathbound]

Your car looks nice & I know what you mean about getting the plug wires symmetrical....I'm the same way. I like what you did with the HEI coil.

[mrwrstory]

The acronym HEI jumped out at me.  I think that means High Energy Ignition and assumed that applied to 12v systems.  What does anyone know about that?  I love the look of those plug wires but have been told they're no good for "modern electronic ignitions".

    If the response gets extensive, I'd start another thread so's not to hijack kented's subject. original

[kented]

The acronym HEI jumped out at me. I think that means High Energy Ignition and assumed that applied to 12v systems. What does anyone know about that? I love the look of those plug wires but have been told they're no good for "modern electronic ignitions".

If the response gets extensive, I'd start another thread so's not to hijack kented's subject. original

Yes that's correct the car is going to 12V. Battery is in the trunk. For an explanation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_energy_ignition

I haven't heard anything about the wires but they are good quality and just made to look old. I guess I'll find out next week haha!

[DonaldSmith]

HEI ... Hall Effect?  Someone jump in here.

Edited October 19, 2014 by DonaldSmith

[Don Coatney]

 High Energy Ignition

 

 

HEI ... Hall Effect?

 

I have heard both.

[DonaldSmith]

Looked up "hall effect ignition" on the internet, the fount of all wisdom:  

 

"Hall Effect Sensors are used in many ignition system distributors to trigger the 

primary circuit (fire the coil) and to monitor engine rpm."

 

This is instead of points.  

[DJ194950]

Electronic Igns. may use hall effect(flying magnet pickup) or a system that uses a light that is triggered in the dist. (older models).

newer used sensors on the crankshaft or a special crank mounted pulley. Newer diesels also use a crank position sensor for pollution controls of timing and fuel.

 

From what I have read many times they all gas powered vechicles require resistor wires and plugs, otherwise the control module can overheat and burn out.

 

They now make old look wires that are resistor type.

 

Don't know if kented used them or solid type wires that Are not recommended.

 

DJ

 

DJ

[mrwrstory]

I'm starting a new thread out of respect for kended's original post.

See OT "HEI and Vintage Wire"

[kented]

Installed new shocks all around today:

 

Only got pictures of the new back ones. Did an oil change on the diff, judging by the blackness of the oil and the debris around the bolts i dont think the oil has been changed for a LONG time. 

 

Im having an issue with moving the car in backwards. The drivers side rear wheel will rotate forwards fine but in reverse it comes to a dead stop after a revolution or 2. Once the car is on the ground you can definately feel it catch but then with the momentum it overcomes the catch. Any ideas? 

 

Fill the radiator up with fresh coolant, found 3 leaks on the top tank. Awesome. Ordering a new one soon. 

 

Also having another issue getting the car started. Finally re-wire was at a point where i could start it but the new solenoid i purchased was dead! Happy it was not my wiring haha! Some history: Car ran fine and drove until NOV 2013, it was parked until now while the re-wire happened. I put in fuel stabilizer as i knew it would be awhile before it started again. Followed the stovebolt instructions as the car now has an mopar mini hei. Ive got fuel, good spark but nothing is happening other than some backfires, car seems to try to start as it drops out the starter. We tried some liquid fire to get it going but that didnt seem to help. Any ideas on these issues? i'm fairly confident we have the timing correct as we checked about 3 times. 

 

Thanks in advance for your help

[DonaldSmith]

Hiccup in backup?  Did you have the driver's side back wheel jacked up when you rotated it?  Was the other wheel on the ground?  Would it act the same if the right wheel were jacked up?

 

With one wheel on the ground, rotating the other wheel moves the driveshaft, emergency brake drum, and transmission shafts.  

 

Try jacking up the other rear wheel and see if you get the same effect.  

[kented]

Hiccup in backup?  Did you have the driver's side back wheel jacked up when you rotated it?  Was the other wheel on the ground?  Would it act the same if the right wheel were jacked up?

 

With one wheel on the ground, rotating the other wheel moves the driveshaft, emergency brake drum, and transmission shafts.  

 

Try jacking up the other rear wheel and see if you get the same effect.  

 

Sorry i should of been more specific. The car was up on the lift, passenger rear wheel rotates no issues at all forwards and backwards. Drivers side wheel forwards is fine but after a revolution or 2 it locks up. The car does stop when in neutral and being pushed in reverse. The will a little rocking it will finally be able to move. 

 

Any ideas on the no start?

Edited October 26, 2014 by kented