Barn find

[Lisa P]

Isn't it great when they start and you are not certain that they will?  Congratulations!  I still get excited every time the Kaiser I'm working on starts.  It kind of warms my heart to know that there are going to be two more rescued Kaisers on the road again!

[Fid]

That's great news. Congrats on that!

[Kaiser Ranchero]

Hooked a gas line to the carb to flush it out and started the engine, and ran it for a few minutes. Flushed the fuel pump and line to the carb while running. Hooked a gas line to the fuel pump and ran it into a bottle, tightened all connections and stared and ran it a few more minutes. Checked water,oil temp, no volts, but tried a short shake down jaunt. After going thru all three gears the voltage gauge showed charging. Went to the end of the block and back with out incident but no temperature gauge reading. Next is the gas tank and line to the fuel pump. Every day gets more exciting.

[Gordie]

I had a GP Frazer that had been sitting in a yard for about forty years.  I put gas in the tank, primed it and it started up.  Aren't these cars amazing?

[Kaiser Ranchero]

Drained about 2 gal of old gas out of the tank. Smells awful and burns the skin. Will dump a gallon of carb/parts cleaner in the tank tomorrow and let it work over night and see what drains out. If its gummy out will come the tank, but the Virginian came out clean over night. So I might get lucky again.

[Kaiser Ranchero]

Drained the carb/parts cleaner, a little dirty but no chunks or sludge/syrup and no bad smell. Flushed with fresh gas and tightened the plug ( which had rounded off from being old and brittle, used vice grips ) filled with 7 gal of gas, fuel conditioner and some Marvelous Mestry oil. Will connect a fuel filter and electric pump at the fuel pump end and flush before hooking in to the fuel pump. Dose any one know if California gas will be compatible with the old diefram?

[kaiserfrazerlibrary]

None of the gas sold in the USA for the last several years--including California--is compatiable with true rubber fittings, diaphrams, etc.  Even the original Neopreme replacement stuff has problems with the corrosive effects to what passes for gas (no pun intended) today.  However, if the rubber is not already deteriorated or damaged, it will work for a bit

[Kaiser Ranchero]

Thanks Jack, probably should have guessed that.

[Kaiser Ranchero]

Hooked all the gas lines and new filter up and every thing seems to work fine. Well almost, the water pump is dripping almost a stream so it will have to come off and be rebuilt. But the motor seems be running smother all the time and starts on the first revolution.