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1. 07:14 AM - Re: Question (Walt Murphy)
2. 12:23 PM - dieseling (Jerry Painter)
3. 12:45 PM - Re: dieseling (Drew Hurley)
4. 07:55 PM - Re: Yak-List Digest: 12 Msgs - 06/08/06 (Cj6sly@cs.com)
5. 09:38 PM - Re: Re: Yak-List Digest: 12 Msgs - 06/08/06 (Walter Lannon)
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--> Yak-List message posted by: Walt Murphy <waltmurphy@charter.net>
Dave,
Nametags for U is exactly the site I was looking for Thanks!
Walt
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Hi again, Phil--
Thinking about your problem reminded of when I was a kid in high school a
nd
my dad had a '59 Hillman Minx sedan. You remember those, right? 10 poin
ts
if you remember what the Rootes Group (any connection to the supercharger
?)
was, bonus ten points if you remember what the station wagon model was
called and an easy five points if you remember what the sporty car model
was
called and later became with the installation of a Ford 260 V-8. Anyway,
besides providing me with a seat for my budding road and drag racing care
er
(dead heat with bug-eye Sprites, 0-60 in about a month), I also got my fi
rst
taste of wrench turning on cars after graduating from bicycles. It had a
1500cc inline four that produced a whopping 61.5 hp. Column shift 4-spee
d,
though normally you didn't bother with first gear.
Back to dieseling. K-Mart would occasionally have really great deals my
dad
couldn't pass up on things like old tuna fish, hydrometers the size of ey
e
droppers, transistor radio batteries and in this case, spark plugs. He g
ot
a screaming deal on some extra-hot, long reach plugs he thought would
eliminate any possibility of fouling, not that it was a problem, just bei
ng
proactive, you know? Got two packs of four (so he had spares, too) for
about 50 cents as I recall. Put 'em in and of course they worked great.
But after a few months the engine would diesel on shutdown. Just step on
the gas and it would quit.
Of course, before we ever got around to replacing the plugs, I managed to
run it out of oil and on the way home from a night of drag racing (yes),
threw a rod. Luckily, the folks were away on vacation, so I sped on down
to
the parts store (thanks, Dale, for the lift), got what I needed and put i
t
all back together. Never mind that the crank now had a nice little ding
on
the rod journal, I just took a file to it and cleaned that baby right up.
Also changed the plugs back to the originals.
No more dieseling.
Unfortunately, the story has a sad ending. After all my repair work, it
only lasted about twenty miles before the new rod duplicated the behavior
of
its predecessor and spilled the beans, so to speak. Among other things,
I
had put the new rod in backwards.
I was just a kid, for crying out loud. Give me a break!
P.S.
I still have the unopened extra set of spark plugs, in case you ever get
a
59 Hillman and need some. Not that I would recommend them, but just in c
ase
Jerry Painter
Wild Blue Aviation
425-876-0865wild.blue@verizon.net
http://mysite.verizon.net/res0cs5r/index.html
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--> Yak-List message posted by: "Drew Hurley" <attydhurley@msn.com>
Jerry,
I had a '66 Sunbeam Tiger with the 260 Ford back in 1970. In '67 (and I
think through68, the last year they built them) they went with the 289. The
"best" part about changing plugs was that the plug on the left rear cyl
could only be reached through the cocpit by removing a rubber plug and
sticking a long spark plug wrench in. Not sure i could still fit down in
there to do that.
I think I remember a Rootes Group emblem somewhere on the dash.
Drew Hurley
>From: "Jerry Painter" <wild.blue@verizon.net>
>To: "Yak List (yak-list@matronics.com)" <yak-list@matronics.com>,
><PSalter@aol.com>
>Subject: Yak-List: dieseling
>Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:20:21 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
>
>Hi again, Phil--
>
>Thinking about your problem reminded of when I was a kid in high school and
>my dad had a '59 Hillman Minx sedan. You remember those, right? 10 points
>if you remember what the Rootes Group (any connection to the supercharger?)
>was, bonus ten points if you remember what the station wagon model was
>called and an easy five points if you remember what the sporty car model
>was
>called and later became with the installation of a Ford 260 V-8. Anyway,
>besides providing me with a seat for my budding road and drag racing career
>(dead heat with bug-eye Sprites, 0-60 in about a month), I also got my
>first
>taste of wrench turning on cars after graduating from bicycles. It had a
>1500cc inline four that produced a whopping 61.5 hp. Column shift 4-speed,
>though normally you didn't bother with first gear.
>
>Back to dieseling. K-Mart would occasionally have really great deals my
>dad
>couldn't pass up on things like old tuna fish, hydrometers the size of eye
>droppers, transistor radio batteries and in this case, spark plugs. He got
>a screaming deal on some extra-hot, long reach plugs he thought would
>eliminate any possibility of fouling, not that it was a problem, just being
>proactive, you know? Got two packs of four (so he had spares, too) for
>about 50 cents as I recall. Put 'em in and of course they worked great.
>But after a few months the engine would diesel on shutdown. Just step on
>the gas and it would quit.
>
>Of course, before we ever got around to replacing the plugs, I managed to
>run it out of oil and on the way home from a night of drag racing (yes),
>threw a rod. Luckily, the folks were away on vacation, so I sped on down
>to
>the parts store (thanks, Dale, for the lift), got what I needed and put it
>all back together. Never mind that the crank now had a nice little ding on
>the rod journal, I just took a file to it and cleaned that baby right up.
>Also changed the plugs back to the originals.
>
>No more dieseling.
>
>Unfortunately, the story has a sad ending. After all my repair work, it
>only lasted about twenty miles before the new rod duplicated the behavior
>of
>its predecessor and spilled the beans, so to speak. Among other things, I
>had put the new rod in backwards.
>
>I was just a kid, for crying out loud. Give me a break!
>
>P.S.
>
>I still have the unopened extra set of spark plugs, in case you ever get a
>59 Hillman and need some. Not that I would recommend them, but just in
>case
>
>
>Jerry Painter
>
>Wild Blue Aviation
>425-876-0865wild.blue@verizon.net
> http://mysite.verizon.net/res0cs5r/index.html
>
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| Subject: | Re: Yak-List Digest: 12 Msgs - 06/08/06 |
Any of you Yakistas out there know of a Prop shop in the west that has some
experience with Chang props (JG91) , closer to Salt Lake than American in
Redding? Looks like mine is in some need of TLC.
Skip Slyfield
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| Subject: | Re: Yak-List Digest: 12 Msgs - 06/08/06 |
Hey Skip;
Don't know if you want to send it out of country but A1 Propellors,
Vancouver, B.C. has lots of experience with CJ props. (we have to
overhaul every 10 years).
You wont get the deal of the century since the Canadian buck is now at
91 cents US but they do a good job. Call Fred Sebus at 604-276-2452 and
tell him I sent you and I will personally kick his ass if you are not
happy.
Cheers;
Walt
----- Original Message -----
From: Cj6sly@cs.com
To: yak-list@matronics.com
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 7:53 PM
Subject: Yak-List: Re: Yak-List Digest: 12 Msgs - 06/08/06
Any of you Yakistas out there know of a Prop shop in the west that has
some experience with Chang props (JG91) , closer to Salt Lake than
American in Redding? Looks like mine is in some need of TLC.
Skip Slyfield
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