*Carb heaters, a Ruckstell and the Race of Gentleman*

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: *Carb heaters, a Ruckstell and the Race of Gentleman*
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Clayton Paddison (Vancouver Washington) on Thursday, September 04, 2014 - 03:04 pm:

It has been far too long since I posted a update and thought I should considering I have made some improvements and advances.

First off, I finally solved my Carburetor icing issues. A good friend of mine, Dennis of Imperial Speed & Custom has been prototyping a Stromberg carburetor heater and hooked me up with a pair to test for him.

They act as a carb spacer and are fed with water from the cooling system. Install was clean and looked great:



Next, we welded and drilled a fitting into my lower radiator down-pipe and threaded in a brass hose fitting. I used an old Flood water neck/pump as my upper fitting:





Then we added the hose fittings to the carb heaters and plumbed it with clear hose:



The reason behind the clear hose was so that we could see if the heaters would work using thermosyphon.....or if I would need a water pump.

Here is the layout of the plumbing:



After testing it for several months, I found that not only did the icing issue go away....I also have more power and the hesitation in my throttle response is gone as well.

A few months ago, a friend dug me up a pair of Lg-Drum Ruckstell housings, both badly cracked.

Free is a good price however, so I decided I would make one out of two.

The best housing had a shattered torque tube connection (2 bolt holes were broken), the other had been cut paper thin where the diff housing meets the axle tube by an exploded ring gear.

I carefully cut the good torque tube connection piece out of the 2nd housing, removed the matching damaged piece from the good housing, trued it all up with a spool and a stock RH housing and grafted it into place. I am pleased with how it tuned out:





I have also managed to scrounge up almost all of the internals to make a complete axle. Just need the Triple gears and my ring/pinion.



I also acquired the last pieces I need to redo my Top and windshield:



My last big piece of news is that this year, the T and I will be competing in one of the largest vintage racing events in the world... The Race of the Gentlemen!



It is Oct 3, 4 and 5th in Wildwood, NJ

If you haven't heard of it, check out www.theraceofgentlemen.com

There should be plenty of T's there and many other pre-1953 era correct cars and pre'48 bikes.

There will be PLENTY more coming, so stay tuned!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Clayton Paddison (Vancouver Washington) on Friday, September 05, 2014 - 01:22 pm:

Also shot this the other day....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYTsh3zYELc


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Roger Karlsson, southern Sweden on Friday, September 05, 2014 - 02:18 pm:

I love it as it is right now. Driving cross country will be a great adventure :-) This forum is a great network if you run into trouble along the way.

Please make a lot of sketches before raising the windshield, you may loose the perfect stance - perhaps you can lower the seat instead if someone's head hits the top?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Clayton Paddison (Vancouver Washington) on Friday, September 05, 2014 - 02:42 pm:

Roger,

That is why I love this forum and the this community.

I don't intend to change it much, just improve. I am only adding 3.5" back into the windshield. I have done plenty of drawings and such...and it doesn't make much of a visual change.

Current top, no lift:



With a 3.5" lift, simulating the new top:



I also plan to take some out of the seat too.


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