Bud Light repairs

[USAFpj]

1957 Ford Powermaster- when checking to see if I have decent spark, opened up the dizzy to check points. She runs well at idle, but then after about 15min under workload, she acts like she's starving for fuel. Removed the tank, cleaned the screen, etc. Again fires right up, and idles well. Once under load, here comes the sputtering again.

Let me check points again to see what kind of spark we have at the plug... previous owner perhaps needed a wire, but decided to use a piece of aluminum from a Bud Light can:laughing:. Some TBNer out there has done this before, admit it...:laughing:

Maybe the aluminum was causing an overload of current or heat?

 

[Shaneard]

Ingenuity at it's best.

On a side note, the wire on the right side isn't tight.

 

[USAFpj]

Thanks! Yah, this pic is a bit old, and all of these wires were replaced due to corrosion. I'm building a new starter cable for it as well. Always something going on with these old tractors...

 

[CobyRupert]

That repair looks absolutely inspired!

.....inspired by Bud Light!

 

[Jstpssng]

That's got to be the first repair I've seen where Bud actually helped rather than hindered. :laughing:

 

[ovrszd]

Hey,,,, some of us are like Johnny Fever on WKRP is Cincinnati. We get better with Beer.

Actually reminds me of the Buffalo Theory. For those that haven't heard of it, I've attached an explanation given by Cliff on Cheers.....

 

[radios1]

it sound like the fuel bowl on the carb is getting too low on fuel.. btw, the cam on the distributor needs a small dab of grease on it to prevent wear..

 

[USAFpj]

it sound like the fuel bowl on the carb is getting too low on fuel

Thank you for your input, Radios! I'm not a stranger to rebuilding carbs, as I do it quite a bit on my WW2 vehicles, but I'm also sure that I am not beyond doing it incorrectly:laughing:

That Marvel just seems to be such a simple carb, but I will re-evaluate that fuel flow once again..

 

[tornadowatchranch]

This was my invention.... dust cap disappeared on a road trip. This is a car trailer.

 

[lilranch2001]

I have that same crappy wheel on my Rice car hauler