Town Sedan Up and Running!!!!!!

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After a long, long period of waiting caused by a number of factors, not

the least of which was my triple-fusion neck surgery in July, our '29

Hudson Town Sedan is once again up and running.



We found a marvelous old-car mechanic in Arcadia, CA, about 10 miles

east of our home in Pasadena. Stu Kreiger, with Gary Hill Auto in

Arcadia, fixed a number of problems on the Hudson, including:



1. Wouldn't start. "Old cars are not that complicated to get started,"

Stu said. "All you need is gas and a spark." We had neither. He

replaced the existing electric gas pump with a new one. And he fixed a

horrible timing problem as well as other ignition-related intermittent

problems. And fixed the carburetor (I build a new float out of balsa

wood, cut to shape and coated with epoxy glue thinned a bit with

alcohol. This is supposed to be impervious to gasoline.) He also fixed

a problem with the choke.



2. Oil leaking at fitting to oil pump. Replaced fitting.



3. Wheel bearing wasn't bearing. He rebuilt the packing on the left

front wheel.



4. Brakes needed adjustment so they wouldn't bind after new brake shoes

were installed. He took care of that.



5. Exhaust was leaking at many points. He welded things together to

the exhaust is tight.



6. Head gasket leaking. He retorqued to spec.



7. Fan bearing was so worn that fan was just flopping around. He bored

out the existing bearing, installed two ball bearing sets (generator

bearings) and a new shaft to fit the interior of the ball bearing set.

(If anyone else needs this job done, I can get a price for you. I think

it will be about $200 to $250, and all you'd have to do is ship him the

fan mount.



One immediate challenge that remains is that the steering has lots of

play. Are there adjustments that can be made to the steering box to fix

that?