Thread: Setback - minor, I hope

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If this is not a loose hose clamp, I'm going to just go get my Colt .45 and put a bullet in its brain . . .

I was tuning the carb, got the engine up to temp to check vacuum and timing. I shut it down, then went in the house. When I came back out, this

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Uhh don't do that! I'll come take it off your hands - no mess, no fuss - I'll just trailer it off...

Leaks are the biggest pain in the neck - you'd think we could come up with a fool-proof method of attachment? I use AN fittings and braied stainless everywhere I can now and it stops those leaks, but there are still a few places where the 'ol hose clamps have to be used. Grrrrrr. We all fee your pain.

I found that if you ignore the leak and keep adding fluid, the leak corrodes and the rust particles clog up the leak path and it kinda stops. This is the lazy guy's leak repair method, for sure. Only works for water leaks. I am ignoring a pinion seal leak right now....but it hasnt stopped on its own.

Tightened the hose clamp, ran it up to temp while checking vacuum, idle, etc. No more water on the floor. Put the .45 ACP away.

Side note . . . When I attached the vacuum gauge in the distributor line yesterday, I got zero vacuum - the gauge was shot. I had to go to three places to find one. At the first two, no one know what it was, but they offered me a vacuum pump. They also asked me what vacuum gauge was for. At the third place, the counterman turned around, grabbed one off the wall and handed it to me.

In case you're wondering, the first two were Autozone and Advance Auto. No surprise there, but they were close and I gave it a shot. The third was O'Reilly.

Napa, O'Reiley and CARQUEST seem to be the best-------

Thanks for the NAPA reminder, Jerry. There's one not too far away.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Side note . . . When I attached the vacuum gauge in the distributor line yesterday, I got zero vacuum - the gauge was shot.

Is your vacuum advance on ported or manifold vac? Ported will have zero vacuum until the throttle opens.

Thanks for the suggestion. It helps to cover all the bases, and I appreciate it. But I use manifold vacuum on my hot rods. I haven't used a timed port on a hot rod for years and years. This isn't a 'smog' motor. I hope I didn't start THAT discussion again . . .

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Thanks for the suggestion. It helps to cover all the bases, and I appreciate it. But I use manifold vacuum on my hot rods. I haven't used a timed port on a hot rod for years and years. This isn't a 'smog' motor. I hope I didn't start THAT discussion again . . .

Maybe now is the time for that ACP....

Hot rods are like women.....................they have to aggravate us occasionally to remind us they're able to do even more..................something to do with paying attention to them or whatever..................

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Hot rods are like women.....................they have to aggravate us occasionally to remind us they're able to do even more..................something to do with paying attention to them or whatever..................

Yep...
What he said...
sigh...