Re: [HSS] Town Sedan Up and Running!!!!!!

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Lew Phelps wrote:

>

> 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?

>

> Community email addresses:

> Post message: HudsonSuperSix16

The steering box adjustments are in the owner's manual Lew. done in

sequence - top sleeve to adjust roller bearings, inner screw to adjust

cross shaft end play, eccentric to adjust backlash at centre. Remove

the drag link to check play, and always check for binds after each

adjustment. If you need more details, let me know.

Geoff.