Trouble shooting my 29 Hudson

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I thought I would bounce my issues with my 29 off the group. I have

two main issues.



Issue 1: The first is that I am running rich at idle and then loose

power on flat roads at about 40 mph and then on hills I drop down to

25-30 mph. I drove it almost a 100 miles this weekend. After

talking with others, they did not think I was running rich (no black

exhaust) at higher speeds. At idle, I have quite a bit of black

smoke at idle. If my car is backed up to my garage, my tail pipe

leaves a nice "shot gun blast" of black gas.



Here is my plan, I am thinking about reducing my idle and high speed

jet (filling with silver solder and redrilling. My big question is

how much? Is there any other reason I would be running so rich?



I stopped several times to either screw in or out my adjustment

screw on the carburator and in both situations, the carburator

started "coughing/blowing" out the carb. It ran the best when the

screw was even with the top of the adjustment guide.



Could timing contribute significantly to it running rich? I am not

quite sure I have got my timing nailed down since when I manually

advance, my engine runs worse at higher speeds.



Issue 2: My second issue is with my brakes. I have both front

wheels adjusted so they light rub on the brake pads when the car is

jacked up and you spin them (both are the same). I have the left

rod tightened all the way down and I still pull hard to the right.

If I tighten the drum down on the left side I am worried I will

excessively wear the brake pads. It doesn't appear I that I can

adjust the rods any more at the bar. Any thoughts?



I am finally at the point where I am working on all these small

issues. A couple others I am looking at:



My tappet covers wind up with oil dripping out of them. I have them

tight, but should I use a layer of silicon on them to seal better?

Is it possible that it is coming out of the air vent on the back

cover?



I still need to follow Geoff's advice on adjusting my steering, but

that is down on the priority list.



Thanks for any information anyone can provide.



Aaron Cooper

1929 Hudson Town Sedan

1946 and 47 Hudson Pickups