It ran, then it didn't.
Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:10 pm
Last year my buddy Steve and I were dealing with the estate of a fellow club member and friend. Jerry had past away leaving several model T's and literally tons of parts. Among the cars was a 1918 speedster Jerry built and hadn't driven in 40 years.
Steve and I pulled it out where we could work on it. After putting fresh gas and a new battery in it with a few chokes and a couple of pulls on the hand crank, darn if it didn't roar to life after sitting for four decades!
The old speedster sounded strong and healthy. We ran the engine a few times and every thing was fine, it was even driven a short distance with no problems. It ran great, until one day it didn't. It wouldn't so much as give us a pop let alone start.
This was really baffling. Finally the problem was discovered. The original Bosch clip on distributor an fallen apart! The old pot metal body had just had enough and decided it was time to fall completely apart.
Here are a couple photos, nothing is left to rebuild.
So the big question is does anybody have an old incomplete Bosch clip on distributor with a good body they would sell to get the old speedster back on the road? We could sure use some help with this.
Steve and I pulled it out where we could work on it. After putting fresh gas and a new battery in it with a few chokes and a couple of pulls on the hand crank, darn if it didn't roar to life after sitting for four decades!
The old speedster sounded strong and healthy. We ran the engine a few times and every thing was fine, it was even driven a short distance with no problems. It ran great, until one day it didn't. It wouldn't so much as give us a pop let alone start.
This was really baffling. Finally the problem was discovered. The original Bosch clip on distributor an fallen apart! The old pot metal body had just had enough and decided it was time to fall completely apart.
Here are a couple photos, nothing is left to rebuild.
So the big question is does anybody have an old incomplete Bosch clip on distributor with a good body they would sell to get the old speedster back on the road? We could sure use some help with this.