Re: [HSS] Hildegard the Humiliated Hudson . . .

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With what you describe as a massive backfire and foul
smell - I would check coolant consumption and a possible partial headgasket
blowout.

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Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:09
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Subject: [HSS] Hildegard the Humiliated
Hudson . . .



Is better, but still not happy.

As you may remember
from last time, the Hudson was running very rich, bumbling, missing, smoking,
stinking, vibrating, stalling and acting most unhappy. This malady occurred
just 30 seconds after a massive backfire through the carbie after shifting
into top gear and while in a steady cruise at around 30 mph. The car lost
power and became a chore to drive ultimately stalling and requiring a group of
theater goers to push her back to the barn.

First the vacuum tank came
under suspicion, but was cleared when it was disassembled and found to be in
good order. It was tested by running the motor with the top and inner tank
removed and the vacuum line disconnected. This allowed feed by pure gravity
and resulted in no change at all.

Next, the carbie came off and was
taken apart. Once again, everything looked just peachy. Seeing there was
nothing wrong we could see, a spare carbie was installed and the car ran just
the same.

So, the fuel system checks OK, maybe ignition? We replaced
the condenser with NAPA # AL868. This proved to fit fine and I had high hopes
for a cure.

Sadly, it was not to be. The car started easily and ran
well, but soon started bumbling and misbehaving. I gave it a full warm up and
while it is certainly much improved from the time it had to be pushed home, it
is clearly not running as well as it should either.

Somewhere in all of
the attention the car has received, it has improved but is still not happy.
Right now, I have no great ideas to on what to check next. I can see if it
likes new points and perhaps switch coils, but after that, what? There is
something wrong, something that happened suddenly. This is the same car that
drove to Ontario & return without a hitch just a few miles
ago.



Paul O'Neil
SoCal
1926 Hudson
Anderson Coupe
1929 Hudson Town Sedan
1939 Cadillac Coupe (How'd that
get in here?)

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