Re: [HSS] oil gauge/oil delivery problem, late 24 Super-Six coac h

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There seem to be some misconceptions
about what to do when you run completely out of petrol, i.e., your tank's
dry and so is the vacuum tank.  If your vac tank is operating correctly the
solution is simple.  If you leave the ignition off and turn the engine
over on the starter for a while (having filled the gas tank or at least put
enough in to get you to the next service station), the vacuum created by the
engine will soon start to pull gas through.  A little vacuum and ambient
air pressure are working for you.  I've done this, then stopped, and I
could hear the wonderful sound of gas running into the vac tank! 
Ignition on, press the starter and away we go!

 

Cheers................ Peter R.

----- Original Message -----

From:
Teslow, Philip

To: 'HudsonSuperSix16-29@yahoogroups.com'

Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 5:32
AM

Subject: RE: [HSS] oil gauge/oil delivery
problem, late '24 Super-Six coac h

Many
thanks for your speedy response, Geoff. Would you know if there is available
somewhere a more detailed diagram of the pump than appears on the
"Details of Oiling System" page of my late '24 owner's manual?

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Clark
[mailto:geoffclark@xtra.co.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004
1:16 PM
To: HudsonSuperSix16-29@yahoogroups.com
Subject:
Re: [HSS] oil gauge/oil delivery problem, late '24 Super-Six
coach

Phil, you must check that you have no air
leaks  in the pipe from the sump,
or conversely no
blockage.   The pump is pretty simple, and it could be that
the
pressure regulating plunger is stuck up, or the spring broken.  Have
you
checked that the main actuating spring is not broken?  This is a
special
tapered spring.  Make sure the top and bottom ball check
valves are in
place.  Good luck,
Geoff.
----- Original Message
-----
From: "flivvert" <philip.teslow@thomson.com>
To:
<HudsonSuperSix16-29@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 04,
2004 7:54 AM
Subject: [HSS] oil gauge/oil delivery problem, late '24
Super-Six coach




Following purchase in 1996, I used the
restored coach sparingly, but
regularly, until the fall of 2000, when I
stupidly ran the main gas
tank dry, lost the vacuum, and damaged the
vacuum tank in an attempt
to reestablish the vacuum. This has, after a
three-year search to
find the correct vacuum tank parts, been rectified,
but now I have no
indication of oil delivery from the guage when I
attempt to start the
car. Back when I was regularly using the car, the
guage was often
somewhat reluctant to register, but always would after
two or three
brief starting attempts; now, nothing. I've tried the
pump-priming
thing, with no luck. I disconnected the piping to the guage,
but no
oil was present. The sump is full and I've run the car very
briefly
in my feeble attempts to sort out the problem, so I'm not
concerned
at this point that I've harmed the engine, but I know I can't
drive
it until I know the splasher pump is doing its job. Any thoughts
or
suggestions would be very much appreciated.

Best
regards,
Phil Teslow






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