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Valve adjustment and new starter cable

Posted on January 15, 2023 by nvonadaJanuary 21, 2023
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It has been more than 11 years since the last valve adjustment on the Studebaker and it is high time. Last time the engine was out of the car, this time I am not so lucky. … Continue reading →

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Oil change time

Posted on December 4, 2021 by nvonadaDecember 4, 2021
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I have wanted to do this for a couple of months now so when I got a sunny warm day to work with I jumped on it Everything is ready. The oil drain plug is 1″ on this car and … Continue reading →

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Oldest picture yet of the Studebaker

Posted on November 27, 2021 by nvonadaNovember 27, 2021
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My mom has a box of my Grandfather’s pictures and letters. We started organizing it on Thanksgiving and we found a picture of the Studebaker dated 8/26/1952. The car was parked in 1953 for 30 years but it was still … Continue reading →

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Wrapped up the wiring

Posted on November 15, 2021 by nvonadaNovember 15, 2021
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After work I went out to troubleshoot my issues from yesterday. I started testing the driver’s side headlight bucket with a meter and could not figure out where the problem was so I pulled the entire bucket out. I cleaned … Continue reading →

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Completed the wiring (maybe)

Posted on November 14, 2021 by nvonadaNovember 14, 2021
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I only had a couple hours today to work on the car but I got into testing. Of course there are problems… First thing to do was the driver’s side headlight. There was some surface rust in here so I … Continue reading →

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More harness work and started on headlights

Posted on November 13, 2021 by nvonadaNovember 13, 2021
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I have been less than thrilled by the quality of the 1-1 connectors that came with the new harness. One of the original factory connectors was broken so I took it apart. The brass insert is much thicker and better … Continue reading →

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Main harness is out!

Posted on November 11, 2021 by nvonadaNovember 11, 2021
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This is the first free time I have had this week so I went out to work on the car for an hour or so. The goal is to get the old main chassis harness out. First I disconnected harness … Continue reading →

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Studebaker Champion Switches

Posted on November 11, 2021 by nvonadaNovember 11, 2021
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For my future reference and maybe to help others this post will have the terminals on all the switches on the car. I have taken thousands of pictures of this car so you would think I would have better ones … Continue reading →

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Finishing the under-dash wiring

Posted on November 7, 2021 by nvonadaNovember 7, 2021
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I had a about half a day to work on this so my goal was to get as far as I could under the dash. It actually went very well. First I checked out the wiring on the ignition switch … Continue reading →

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More under-dash wiring

Posted on November 6, 2021 by nvonadaNovember 7, 2021
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After a week I got back to work on the wiring with more work under the dash. Lots of labeling and disconnecting but finally was able to start pulling the harness out through the hole in the firewall. Yes! Harness … Continue reading →

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