Hot Rods Build Thread: Introducing the Silver City Spl.

didn't have much time this weekend to work on the roadster. yesterday was my sister's 40th birthday, and today i've spent the afternoon on schoolwork after a morning at the ty-rods show.

i did get the tank in and fuel lines hooked up. it's kinda good news, bad news. tank holds fuel, good. lines hold fuel, good. carb gets fuel, good. carb pisses fuel like an incontinent elephant, bad.

i have another carb i'll swap over. maybe after class tomorrow. getting closer. but my dream of having it at Alter Boys show seems to be dwindling.

 

i feel sorta silly posting this, cuz i don't really like being the center of attention, and there are a lot of people way more worthy of movies made about their talents. but it does articulate in a well edited sort of way the "why" i even keep going out to the garage.

i also learned i need to ride my bike more.

American Hand, Pt III:

https://vimeo.com/49130022

 

^ I know where another body be...

 

heh. i've been consumed by schoolwork. it's some sort of divine parental retribution.

 

depends whether i can mess with the carb and get it running. if it's running under it's own power, i'd love to find a way to get it there, but i won't drive it all that way.

so we'll see. anyone from down my way got a trailer? hmmm...

 

I'll think about it Dave. Not sure how to pull it all off. We'll see. Thanks.

 

oh man. i wish it was. going thru some family stuff i'll tell you about off the record. it really doesn't need much. i need a day in the shop, maybe with a 2nd set of hands. but i haven't slept in my own bed for a while, let alone spent time in the shop.

 

i think i might actually be at my own house saturday. so maybe some what what by saturday night.

 

some heavy real life shit way more important than old cars has been going on, but i think things have settled down a little bit. so, here's hoping.

 

had a few minutes in between catching up on yard work today. managed to set the damn thing on fire again.

the curse of the Silver City Special: electrical fires.

we're on duty at Becky's mom's again tonight and tomorrow, but I don't have classes Monday cuz of the holiday, so I'll be back on it again then to see if I can figure out why I'm so bloody thick.

 

def not wired wrong, unless i'm looking at it and making the same mistake over and over.

could be a dead short somewhere i guess. but with the problem seemingly relegated to wires above the term box, it seems likely that the gauge is the issue. i'll just make a jumper wire and put in a fuse between starter and cutoff.

 

So I know I'm wired up right, and i put in a jumper to eliminate the ammeter. When I attached the ground wire to battery, the jumper fried. So, same problem as with the ammeter, which means I must have a short somewhere. But I can't find it!

It's only a Model A. What the heck can I possibly be doing wrong?!