1927 Chevrolet Truck and Miss Maple

Sunday was a good day for work on the electric - all the lights are in working condition - just need a new bulb for the bottom of the brake light, and need to get the spotlight connection a little bit tighter. I think Boo is finally getting into - she helped with the video here.  

Thanks to my brother-in-law Eugene and my Nephew Dave (good name) we got a lot of the electrical working on Sunday - 24 June.  I was in the house when I heard the distinct noise that brought me back to my submarine days - Dive - Dive - Dive - alright maybe not exactly the same - but still a good and distinct noise that got some neighbors out of the house to come over and inspect what was going on.    So - the horn has been working on and off - seems it works for like 3-4 blasts and then it stops.  So I took it apart and checked it out, cleaned what I could and put it all together. I didn't put it back in the truck because it is like 100 degrees outside today. Here are some of the pieces I was working on in the house with A/C. Information off the horn: Klaxon - 8C 6 volts Delco - Remy Corp. Anderson, IND. USA Holding the horn together - 6 bolts - 3/8 in. open end 2 bolts horn bracket to frame - 1/2 in.

I did a few Google searches of the previous owner - trying to get maybe a picture of him and the truck or some family members, or even some articles on the many awards that he won with the truck in car shows - not having much luck.   Today I reached out to his Son for some help in getting something from the past to post and hopefully in time I can update the blog with something from the past.  In the mean time - with the truck came  16 awards, 4 plaques and 1 Ribbon.  My goal is to clean up an award every month and to post it and by the time I am done with cleaning them all, I will hopefully have the truck up and running and in my first show.  I will put the awards in order and go from there. 

A Photo from the Past Today (25 June) I turned 6 months old - this old photo was taken back in April when I was only less than 4 months old.

The last day that family will be in town - since we won't be working on the engine - we did some electrical work today with the truck.  We got the headlights, parking lights, brake light, spot light, and horn working today (most of the connections seem to be just loose or rusty and needed to be cleaned to get them to work properly.)   We took a look at the windshield wiper motor and determined it was not the right one and it was just on there for show - looks good - but I took it off and will try to find the right one and then get that running.  In the mean time I got a lot of information from my brother-in-law on some of the workings of the truck. The switch is in the off position. 1 click to the left and we have the parking lights working on the Cowl. 1 click to the R - Ignition position. 2 clicks to the R - Bright for the headlights 3 clicks to the R - Dim for the headlights This toggle switch controls the spot light on the drivers side.

So we put the battery on the trickle charger over night and it had much more power today - but still did not start up.  The carburetor was leaking pretty bad - but the good news is that the fuel vacuum pump seemed to be working as gas was leaking out the carburetor -  my brother-in-law will take it home (along with the tubing from the vacuum fuel pump to the carburetor) and the new fuel filter to see if he can braze the bowl and put the fuel filter in the line some how. Here is the video link - about 1.5 minutes - of the truck trying to start today.  Much more power, but not running.  I am happy that at least it is making noise like it wants to start. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emoJ5VqHoiQ&feature=youtu.be Here are some pictures of the carburetor and the information about that. Information/Markings on the Carburetor: PATD 12-6-16 4-17-17 OTHERS PEND CARTER RAJX-O

Well - the start up began earlier than I thought - we tried to fire it up on Friday the 22nd of June not long after my brother-in-law and family arrived.  We turned on the fuel lines,  checked  all the wiring and figured out what buttons or switches to turn on.  When I hooked up the battery earlier in the week - there was a wire I did not hook up - thinking it was for the lights only - but somehow this needed to be hooked up - so it was taking the floor boards out again and hooking up this wire that led to another delay in starting (trying to start) the truck.  Here is my brother-in-law giving it a few cranks - Keep Cranking Eugene...... Here is the link to the video - 3 minutes - of us trying to get it up and running - at this point we figured out the wire needed to be connected and that the battery needed to be charged - which takes us to the next day video of us trying to start the truck. https://youtu.be/q5yrsJpvWBs

Graduation Day 07 June 2018 6 weeks of classes finally paid off - graduation day for Miss Maple.  Grandma, Aunt Donna and Kathy came all the way from Buffalo for the big day (okay - actually it was a stop over on the way to our sister's daughter graduation in Northborough Mass this weekend).

3/4 open end wrench for oil plug 30w Oil Non-detergent Spark Plugs: Autolite 3076 15/16 open end wrench or deep socket Gap -0.030 Carburetor  Carter RAJX-O 2 - Bolts to intake - (1/2) Bowl Nut - (3/4) Vacuum Fuel Feed System: Stewart Model No. 215g Bolts to hold the pump to the frame - (7/16) website reference:   http://hudsonterraplane.com/tech/1927/StewartWarnerVacuumTank2-11-27.pdf Fuel tank to vacuum pump - (19/32)  Vacuum Pump end (19/32) to carburetor (11/16)            Vacuum Line - (5/8) Fuel Line Petcock - (7/16) Top of Vacuum Fuel tank from gas tank - (1/2) Generator Delco Remy Still working on the number but it is either : 943B or 943J The more I talk to people they keep saying most likely a 943B. 3 Bolts that hold the generator in place are 1/2 inch. Starter Parts Button - Bolts on the inside of the engine compartment - (7/16) Wires to be connect to the button...

Well my brother-in-law comes into town this weekend - and I want everything to be in place so that we can try to start it on Saturday the 23rd of June 2018. My plan is to push it out of the garage and have my wife sit in the driver's seat and try to start it - of course I will be videotaping the whole thing.  I only have 4 quarts of oil to add, the new spark plug wires, fuel line from gas tank to vacuum pump and hook up the battery and new starter switch before then.  Hope I remember how the floor pieces went.  Early June I put some  Berryman B-12 Chemtool® Carburetor, Fuel System and Injector Cleaner - (Quickly disperses moisture and dissolves gum, varnish, and other fuel residues from the entire fuel system, fuel tank, fuel lines, fuel injectors, valves, rings and pistons. Cleans entire fuel system, injectors, carburetors, intake valves) - (bought from Advance Auto - cheapest price I could find) into the gas tank to try and clean it out. 19 June 20...

Finally got to do some work on the pick-up truck - nothing major - just some of the easy stuff that I knew I can handle.  Jeffery helped me with some of the electric things - found out the starter button was not working and we had to take the floor boards off to get to the starter and take that off.  Ordering parts - oil filter, Lucas Classic Motor Oil, gaskets for the fuel vacuum pump, carburetor rebuild kit, fuel filter,  air filter, starter button, battery, spark plugs and wires, ignition coil and distributor cap. In addition to researching how to fix/replace these parts - I have slowly began cleaning up the pieces as I go - repainting some parts and shining others.  My goal is to try and start it at the end of this month when my brother-in-law is in town. Here are some before and after pictures of the  vacuum fuel feed system - I did not take it apart - the gasket looked pretty good still - (have 2 on back up just in case).  I can hear the inside...

Such a cute puppy.  Growing pretty fast and still likes to chew or get into anything that is within reach.  Can you believe that some people call her spoiled?

Truck arrived late April - flew out 2 days later for a week of training in St. Louis - came home - and by May 2nd I was having Gallbladder surgery - still didn't even get to tinker w/the truck or get to work on the foundation for the garage.  With the help of great neighbors,  - Jeffery and Phil - (we)/they were working on the foundation of the garage on the 5th of May and finished on the 6th.  Delivery of the stone would come on the 11th of May.  Needless to say I was not much help in any of part of building the foundation.