Took the ply for a drive today. Took her half hour down the road. Sat on 60Kmp most the way. Everything went well. Excpet i think the oil that i have used in gearbox maybe too thin. As on the way home it was hard to select gears. Didnt matter how slow i changed.
Tomorrow going to take her to mornington on her first club outing.

Thanks frank
will get one made up

Hi all.
I have noticed that the front engine mount is stuffed. rubber has gone hard and starting to fall apart. Also the engine pulley is very close to touching the cross member.
I am going to get it re rubbered. But just thought could someone tell me how high the rubber is supposed to be between the 2 plates.

I had to lift the engine up to remove the belt. Its dropped that far.

Ian

I do believe the distributer shaft is worn as at idle she has a random misfire. Did you get yours fixed. if so where.

I drove the ply to work today. no problems at all. Was actually a smooth drive, even no traffic. Starting to get used to double clutching down to 2nd. Engine was running cool, oil pressure was steady. Just gotta get used to it following little tracks in the road.
Come on Sunday. But first a quick test on sat.

Ian

Ok well i just went out and started fresh. found the ignition timing to be retarded.
Have taken her for a drive. A completely different car. Going to take her to work tomorrow.

Ian

Thanks tony,
Sounds like a great idea for a catchup.

Tried to take her to doveton today, but failed. We were traveling along nicely, but just we increased my speed to 70kmh things started going wrong. She started to loose power and back fire through carby, Pulled over engine died. A club member saw use and came to our help and gave me a few ideas, also offered to follow me home incase. we did a u-turn and traveled a few meters and she did it again. A few more tweeking, also noticed that the gasket between carby and exhaust manifold has blown. We managed to tug it home, but just as we were round the corner she stoped, dead. Out we hoped and pushed her home.

We increased the float level and made a new gasket. Out we went for take 2. All drove well untill we increase the speed to 70kmh, and it did it all again. back home we went atleast she ran all the way home.

It seems that when we do 50-60kmh everythings fine. only untill we do 70 that she playes up.
2 things come to mind: Lean mixture or ign timing.
Any ideas?

How to you check ignition timing as there is no markings on crank?

I have a week to fix the issue as i would like to take her on a club run to mornington.   

Hey Gary,
Yeh the car is officialy on the road. Took her for a drive today. All went well apart from her stalling as i was merging on to frankston dandy road. Tomorrow i am going to take her to doveton to see a mate.

She drives very well.

Look farward to takin on a club run soon.

Ian

The horn wire goes through the steering coloum shaft to the horn button. I cant upload a photo at the moment. But i can tomorrow.

Ian

here is a thread in the technical section about the switch wiring

http://www.1948plymouth.info/28Q29U/index.php?topic=440.0

Ian

well my car has now passed for club permit, just gotta pay registration.
I can't believe how good these headlights are considering they are original and only 6v. But i did fit 35/35w halogens.

Cant wait for the first drive, which will hopefully be to work if it stops raining. So looking forward to it.....

i'm using penrite shelsley medium. Its a sae 40. Bit thicker then spec but the engine has done a few miles and slightly thicker oil will probably do it some good.

Ian

Hi wayne,

I would have rung but i deleted my recent messages etc from my phone. went to call then realised i hadn't saved your number. Could you send me a message again. I did receive a message about the rim, how u were still trying to get it off (this was before i cleared my phone). Once its ready i can come round to pick it up just let me know.

Ian

Hi all,
I am looking into fitting a carter bb1 to my Q. Has anyone done this? What are your thoughts of this carby compared to the orig drt-08. Faults etc.
Can you still buy parts for the bb1.

Ian

Does anyone know what the big end and main bearing cap tightening torque is for the Q engine. Is there a book that has these figures for the whole car.

Thanks Ian

Hi all,
I went an purchased my tyres last week from antique tyres. Sorry Wayne and Gary but i would like to car to be registered in about 2-3 weeks.
I ended up paying $209 tyre, $37 tube, $40 band. They may not be cheap but everywhere else had shipping cost which bring it to about the same cost.
So 5 tyres came to $1400. The only down side was they didn't have 5 tubes, only 2. So i have to wait a month for other 3.
But i am lucky enough that 2 of the tyres are good enough for use.

I ended up getting excelsior branded. Only thing i say about them so fare is the tread width should be a little wider. But time will tell.

Ian