1951 Pontiac Chieftain
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
The advantage of the big chrome dome solution is that it gives the inattentive something to fixate on as they sit behind you. Sudden appearance of an LED from apparently nowhere might just involve a bit more reaction time.
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
They're just looking for the immediate red laser dazzle coming from the back of the car these days.mercrocker wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 1:06 pm The advantage of the big chrome dome solution is that it gives the inattentive something to fixate on as they sit behind you. Sudden appearance of an LED from apparently nowhere might just involve a bit more reaction time.
Anything to jar the mind into the present, away from shopping lists or Twitter.
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
I went out to get a milkshake last night because the car had sat up for nearly a week due to the weather being horrible.
This morning I jacked the car up and took a look why.
Oh. The brake pipe had been interfering with the fuel pipe on full suspension bounce. Very difficult to judge on the floor.
Also discovered the new exhaust pipe was beating on it.
Made up a new line that avoids the areas the old one went.
Bled up and tested. That's better.
Phil
On the way home I pushed on the brakes to turn into the street here and the pedal went to the floor.This morning I jacked the car up and took a look why.
Oh. The brake pipe had been interfering with the fuel pipe on full suspension bounce. Very difficult to judge on the floor.
Also discovered the new exhaust pipe was beating on it.
Made up a new line that avoids the areas the old one went.
Bled up and tested. That's better.
Phil
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Hell, where's the time gone?
Well, I've been driving the car, which has been mostly good. Out on the highway before the weather got too warm.
A few trips to the milkshake stand.
More recently the gearbox had been getting worse at not changing correctly, so today I drained the old ATF down and pulled the valve block out AGAIN.
All apart and nothing looks hugely amiss.
Checked the main valves move smoothly (a couple were a bit notchy) and cleaned it all up in the ultrasonic bath.
Put it all together again and it's still being a complete arse. Slightly better but still bad. There's not many other pieces but I need to look at the block diagram again to see what's possibly going on- feels almost like the 2-3 piston is getting stuck in limbo.
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Well, I've been driving the car, which has been mostly good. Out on the highway before the weather got too warm.
A few trips to the milkshake stand.
More recently the gearbox had been getting worse at not changing correctly, so today I drained the old ATF down and pulled the valve block out AGAIN.
All apart and nothing looks hugely amiss.
Checked the main valves move smoothly (a couple were a bit notchy) and cleaned it all up in the ultrasonic bath.
Put it all together again and it's still being a complete arse. Slightly better but still bad. There's not many other pieces but I need to look at the block diagram again to see what's possibly going on- feels almost like the 2-3 piston is getting stuck in limbo.
Phil
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
After sitting for a few days the magical juice I added to the gearbox always to have had a result because the thing now changes gear better.
Went get dinner. I title this picture "K-mart sucks"*
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*Not the one on Oak Street. But it's been boarded up for years
Went get dinner. I title this picture "K-mart sucks"*
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*Not the one on Oak Street. But it's been boarded up for years
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
This car is very, very nice. I must get to grips with the TDW motoring section.
My grandfather had a factory RHD Buick Roadmaster which he bought new in 1948. That had a similar profile to this Pontiac. The US produced some of the best looking car in the world at that time - and did so right up to the late 1960s, in my view.
My grandfather had a factory RHD Buick Roadmaster which he bought new in 1948. That had a similar profile to this Pontiac. The US produced some of the best looking car in the world at that time - and did so right up to the late 1960s, in my view.
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
Apart from being a little grubby, they had two burned old style bulbs in.
So they got cleaned up a bit.
As a comparison, the right one and the wrong one.
And both the right ones.
They even work.
They sit at a slightly goofy angle because the rubber plinths they sit on are for Chevrolet bodywork. I'll make a couple new ones.
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Re: 1951 Pontiac Chieftain
They're pretty ornate lenses, especially compared to the costed to the fraction of a penny stuff produced nowadays.