From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Wed May 30 05:30:00 2012 From: fsj-digest To: fsj-digest-at-digest.net Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 12:29:41 +0000 Subject: fsj-digest V1 #3925 fsj-digest Wednesday, May 30 2012 Volume 01 : Number 3925 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: *^%^# Murphy fsj: General Motors is becoming China Motors (fwd) RE: fsj: Ernesto's Starter issue FSJ Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/jeeps/fsj/ Send submissions to fsj-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to fsj-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to fsj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 23:07:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Wallace Subject: fsj: *^%^# Murphy Got a visit from Murphy here today. Doing old Skool pullrod brakes on a Model A. The rear brakes on a Model A have a cam that rotates that spreads the brake shoes. The bushings and the cam wear and they get sloppy and you can't adjust the brakes. The Job is a bear so you see very few Model A's with their brakes really working properly. Anyway got everything working properly, got the bushings reamed so the shaft would turn and then Murphy put the lever on upside-down before I riveted it on. The rivet as an old skool iron thing that you peen over with a hammer. Tomorrow I am dealing with a dent in a Pontiac and probably some rust on a Biscayne. When you work as a mechanic your car gets neglected. I haven't touched my Wagoneer in a few weeks. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 15:53:19 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: General Motors is becoming China Motors (fwd) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvl5Gan69Wo&feature=youtu.be ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -o|||||o- john-at- http://wagoneers.com TRSTGZS Snohomish, Washington - where Jeeps and Diesels don't rust, they mold buy direct: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education" Theodore Roosevelt (American 26th US President (1901-09), 1858-1919) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephen Baldwin Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 09:35:12 -0700 Subject: General Motors is becoming China Motors http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvl5Gan69Wo&feature=youtu.be ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 07:29:22 -0500 From: "Potter, Tom E" Subject: RE: fsj: Ernesto's Starter issue You guys don't have to worry about Murphy; he is with me. On Friday afternoon I am trying to get my Volvo Penta diesel running in my sailboat. I had no fuel to the injector, so I am cleaning the injector pump. The spring escapes the injector pump, flies into the nether regions of the bilge, and hides. I searched for several hours with magnets, hands, and anything else I could think to use but to no avail. Parts are on order. Of course, once the parts arrive; the spring will come out of hiding. Thomas E. Potter - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of Ernesto Silva Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 3:58 PM To: Jim Blair Cc: wallacem7-at-aol.com; fsj-digest-at-digest.net Subject: Re: fsj: Ernesto's Starter issue The cup is fine, I hope I don't brake it [?] on the weekend trying to disassembly "the thing". Many thanks, Ernesto. On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Jim Blair wrote: > I recall that the cap on your old solenoid broke? Unless you can get > warranty > from the old one, snag the cap from the Chinese one to fix it. > > > Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 09:59:27 -0300 > > Subject: Re: fsj: Ernesto's Starter issue > > From: erniesilva-at-gmail.com > > To: wallacem7-at-aol.com > > CC: fsj-digest-at-digest.net > > > > Hi Mark, I agree with you on all your comments. > > > > The starter is this: > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lucas-starter-solenoid-76458B-/370609019332?h > > ash=item564a04d9c4&item=370609019332&pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vx > p=mtr > > > > It's a PN 76458 from Lucas. My expectations today is that I will > > disassembly it on weekend and try to fix it, because as you said, it's > > worth try to repair the old one than the damed chinese one. > > > > I found some replacements on Internet, the above link is the better as it > > is an original Lucas part. > > > > In my country there are a few shops that might repair it, but here the > age > > of the owner is about 60s because we have used old cars far longer than > in > > the states. > > > > Regards, > > Ernesto. > > > > On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Mark Wallace wrote: > > > > > Lucas starter eh? I have done some time with the Prince of Darkness > myself. > > > From your description it sounds like a very specific starter that might > not > > > even be very easy to get even in England. (All of the Lucas starters > for > > > cars > > > that I have worked on have a bendix drive...some of them make a pretty > > > funny > > > sound when they eject the bendix drive) > > > > > > I have also worked on some really old starters...Lucas from the 60's > and > > > Delcos from the 30's through the 70's. It sounds like the architecture > on > > > your > > > old Lucas starter is closer to an old Delco or even a modern Denso > (fixed > > > them > > > too). My gut response to the old starter would be to disassemble the > > > solonoid > > > and first see if the grease has dried out. It might be as simple as > > > cleaning > > > up the plunger and putting some new grease on it. The other thing to do > is > > > to > > > see if the electrical contacts are both clean or if they are wearing > > > evenly. > > > (The copper contacts that run a Denso's plunger don't wear evenly...the > > > parts > > > to fix it are about four dollars) With unevenly worn contacts the > > > electrical > > > bits on the plunger don't seat flat and the electromagnet won't get > power. > > > Sometimes this can be dealt with temporarily by clunking the starter > with > a > > > hammer. The old starter is likely far better built than the modern > service > > > part. > > > > > > Also is there any old timers out there still running starter and > alternator > > > repair businesses? In the states this type of business invariably has a > > > man in > > > his eighties running the operation and the man in his eighties will > often > > > talk > > > to you and he will share all sorts of little gems with you. 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