Re: Re: ’55 11BN in Vancouver

[Anonymous]

@Fjord wrote:

So after 7 1/2 months my car is finally insured and back on the road! It passed the provincial inspection on the first attempt, which was a pleasant surprise. Of course now that it’s driving I’ll be starting a new to-do list, and I hope to go for a ride in a local sorted car or two to understand what is normal for these cars, and what needs to be on my list. So far:

– the fuel sender is out since it always reads 20 litres
– the transmission will eventually need some work as it pops out of 2nd gear under load and shudders noticeably when starting from rest in first gear.
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1. Mine does exactly the same so when I fuel up I always fill until the pump clicks out and reset the ‘trip’ to zero then I know I can go around 300 Kms before needing to re fuel with the knowledge that I have a decent reserve in there, but if you find the answer, I’m very interested in the solution.

2. Before considering taking the gearbox out, make sure that there is nothing fouling the gear linkage at both ends, it takes very little to stop it going fully home so can jump back out. The fuel filter on mine caused the same issue as did a marginally over long battery retaining strap 🙂