| Re: 12.IX.20 |
Subject: Re: 12.IX.20 by Ultraman on 2020/9/13 0:54:41 the hospice Grand Pa Arlin was in was a God send for us.... a finer bunch of caring people would be hard to find. So the ongoing saga of the 56 and its weird little quirks, as all of a sudden running rough and shutting off at any time it wanted and has been driving me to drink...not literally but close.... One guy of my chosen few who are working on the problem as we have replaced electrical and fuel parts to no avail....asked out of the blue..... have you checked your grounds? Uh.......grounds? No not so much.... we got to looking and found the battery was grounded to the body and the engine was grounded to the body. Both those were corroded... Then Farmer Bob who has the 55 Cheby to die for asked it the battery negative side was grounded directly to the engine. I said no but we will do that. Then we cleaned up the other grounds and went body to the frame and another engine to the body. I think we got it covered now. Took it into Lincoln today to get a load of stuff at the big box store and it ran as good as it ever has...smooth as glass and plenty of power. Did not miss a beat.... there is joy in my heart.... all the way back we pushed it at 80 82 mph and never sputtered once..... Have not signed off 100% but am liking it so far.... also advanced the timing some.... thought you should know..... |
