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It was a pretty nice day today so I decided to see what is up with my charging system. When a mechanical voltage regulator is charging high it is either the battery, the field wire, or the regulator. First I … Continue reading
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Since my spring maintenance (which I finally got to) the ammeter on the Stude seems to be showing a charge all the time. I took the battery out and cleaned the tray. Now I am wondering if I broke a … Continue reading
It has been a while since I posted anything. The car has been running great so not much to report. And I have a new project sucking up lots of my time. But I did do spring maintenance today. I … Continue reading
Car broke today. Here are the details! … Continue reading
Time for spring cleaning on the Studebaker. I am a little behind this year but last weekend I finally got a chance to get some work done. First step is to check the sediment bowl on the fuel pump. There … Continue reading
The tires on the car look great but they are 30 years old and rock-hard. I was going to try and get another year or two out of them but I started to see cord though the rubber. So I … Continue reading
I found a 1941 Ohio license plate in good shape. Like most states Ohio allows cars to display license plates from the year of manufacture. All I had to do was stop off at the BMV, sign some paperwork, and … Continue reading
9/14/2013 was International Drive Your Studebaker day. This year Maria and I motored down to an Italian place down towards Dublin. The car ran great unlike last year. Later the dog and I drove over to pick my daughter up … Continue reading
Delaware is putting together a really nice car show and fly-in at the airport. The only real problem was that the cars and the airplanes were too far apart. But I got to play in the B-25… … Continue reading
I have been setting the timing to factory settings but it seemed to idle badly and sometimes it backfires into the exhaust a little on deceleration. I decided to advance the timing a little and see if that helps. I … Continue reading