1927 Chevrolet Truck and Miss Maple

Went for a ride in the boat - still not a big fan of getting in the water, but maybe one day. The rest of the time I just hung out. The Bills - My Chair Dad's Chair Mom's Chair My Friends

We drove her around the block of few times - Jeffrey and I👇😎 Jeffrey and Di👇 Phil and I, Phil and Lisa👇 Tina and I......Sorry Frank..........you were in the passenger seat.............but  Yeah - good point - never let the old girl run out of gas. That lead to rebuilding the Fuel Vacuum Pump

Bed of the truck all cleaned off, camper moved and  the ramps were set up....... Seemed only fitting that Jeffrey should drive it out of the garage - after all - look at the smile on his face at the end.................Thanks again Jeffrey!! We are almost ready for the parade at Happy Days in Fort Edward 2019

It is a good day - of course there are only 2 bolts holding in the starter - just need everything that is in the way of the starter removed or dismantled a little bit - so a 2 bolt job takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes.   Started up nicely............. Then it was time to clean off the back of the truck, move the camper and put up the ramps and don't forget to check the gas level.  Seems to be starting good - but then we know from the past that once it is up and running it will continue to start up - tomorrow will be the true test - but in the mean time.... What did my brother in law Eugene say about reverse and the parking brake and ???????? Better yet - what did the son of the owner say and mean about it being a DOUBLE CLUTCH???

Sunday - the 19th of August was a 4 Part Day The truck starts up sporadically or sometimes not at all - so as we - (someone had to take the pictures) were working on trying to get it running looks like it might be time for a new starter.................Funny thing about old vehicles and parts - you can find original parts on Ebay for say $239.00 - $300.00 with no guarantee that they will work - or you can just google the part and find a rebuilt one that will work for less. Thanks to the  Buckeye Auto Electric Company    They had 2 Delco-Remy 710-D starters and shipped one the day I called them. Okay, after this part - everything under the hood electrical is new - with the exception of the battery cables. Shouldn't take long - it is only 2 bolts holding the starter in - well that is what Jeffrey said.

Upon fine tuning the truck - it seemed to do better if we tuned it to 1928 specs instead of 1927 - which of course lead us to the research of What is the real year of the truck.....or at least the engine..... Casting Numbers From the 1920's through the 1960's GM used a casting date system to identify the date when a part was made. A casting number is a  raised  number which is cast into the block, cylinder head, transmission case, differential housing and many other cast iron parts. Casting dates are a series of raised letter-number combinations. The casting date for the '28 is located under the Chevy bow tie and to the left of the distributor. I believe the '27's date is right behind the distributor. The date has three components: 1. The first is a letter (A-L). This indicates the month of the casting (A=Jan, B=Feb, C=Mar, etc.) 2. The next item of info is a number (1-31). This is the day of the month that the engine block was cast. 3. The th

Bob Stein from church came over to look at the truck - just in conversation at church - learned he worked on classic cars when he was in college and is currently helping someone with a Model T - pretty cool.  We tried starting it up but had no success and of course that got us both into figuring out why - since it started up the last 2 days.   He asked all the questions about what we have been doing with the car and then the fun began for the day. There is also a 40 degree marking on the flywheel - but I did not take a picture of that (at least I think there is) In trying to fine tune the truck it worked better if we followed the 1928 engine directions instead of the 1927: file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/show_pdf%20(4).pdf SO now the issue becomes what year is the truck actually, but that is for another post/date, as I am still researching that information.  IGNITION TIMING Chevrolet Models 1925 to June, 1927 (all models without semi-automatic advance)

Well - I am pretty sure the heading says it all - looks like it is a trip to the Gas station It would of started last night..........if only..............it had GAS - but then that is what makes this project even more fun. Thanks again to Jeffrey 

"New" Distributor arrived over the weekend - it looks nice.  Great price and had the parts I was missing - just hope that this is the actual problem.  Came home from Camping early today and had to clean up and cut the grass - then it was time to work on the truck.  Jeffrey took and combined the two carburetors and hopefully we will have positive results.  I am hoping that I could use the hand crank - well maybe sometime soon.  And we have spark!

Went camping after work on the 26th of the weekend - Miss Maple did great - nothing eaten that shouldn't have been - at least not on the camping trip - You see it was still a costly week.  Someone left their glasses laying on the end of the couch and puppies like to chew things - shiny and sparkly these glasses were - not sure they tasted too good - but Miss Maple did put some pretty impressive teeth marks on the special coating of the lenses.  Maybe Mommy should of gotten that eye glass insurance they offered for only $20.00 - could of saved $579.00. But in the long run - We had a good camping trip - I even got my own cool looking chair Sorry to see that Mr. Woody got burned  - he got a little too close to the fire - but he did warm us up. Thanks Woody!

So as of this morning 0515 hours - nothing - not happy about that - but I have come to my own non-mechanical expertise opinion that I have and that is that it has something to do with the distributor - as all the other parts in the vehicle are brand new - tested and working - just not getting any spark from the distributor to the plugs.   Thanks to my neighbor Jeffrey who came over on Sunday and Tuesday of this week to help me work on the truck  to try to get it going.  Working with Jeff is always a treat - I learn something new each time with the mechanics of the truck.  Before he came over on Sunday I put the new Points in - thinking this would be the magic part that needed to be changed to get it to start - well I did know that the points needed to be a gap of  0.022 - 0.025 - just didn't know where this magical gap needed to be - turns out I had a gap of close to 1/8 inch and Jeff showed me and fixed it to the correct gap - but it still did not work. Today - must be my

But first the new parts and fixed parts that my brother Bryan, Nephew Dave and Phil helped to replace this weekend. Busy weekend - got the carburetor back - thanks Eugene - looks good - Nephew Dave put it in along with the new fuel filter while I was cleaning the fish - sneaky kid.  Eugene even sent me a gift - thanks brother.  I was going to send him the Klaxon horn to work on - but I decided to try it one more try.  In addition to that we put in a new ignition coil, distributor cap and some wires along with a ignition condenser.  Check out that fuel filter - looks good. Then it was time to fire it up - I will let the video tell you the rest of the story........... Not much different from the last time - but I think it is getting there - a quick google search and it might be just a case of a bad, rusty or loose connection with some wire leading to the ignition coil - but then again I am no mechanic - but it sounds good to me.  

Not much work on the truck these last few weeks as the temperature has been in the high 90's and with no A/C in the garage - it was not worth it.  My brother-in-law, Eugene, took the carburetor home to try and fix it - it is coming back this Thursday - 12 July - so maybe by the end of this week it will fire up.  Here's hoping.  Stand by Eugene - the horn is coming your way - as it is only working some of the time and I don't want to take it apart - seems I always have some extra parts when I am done. Miss Maple did much better on this camping trip - no emergency room visits.  This trip was a bunch of 1st's for her - she took her 1st swim, 1st boat ride and saw up close her 1st fish - I don't think she liked any of them.  Due to the heat during the days (95-100), she was mostly a lap dog, or just trying to dig in the ground to lay down.   Here is a shout out to Miss Mollie Marie who turned 1 on the 6th of July

1993 BANNERTOWN FAIR OF FULTON COUNTY FIREMENS DAY PARADE JUDGES AWARD Here a link to the Bannertown Fair that is held Aug 16 - 18, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/events/2113638862296977/ Note to self: It seemed easier to take the Klaxon horn apart and put together then to disassemble this award, clean it, and put it back together - good thing I took a lot of pictures of the award.