52 Henry J running issues

[pnw_oldmags]

Bob McBride not only sells complete wiring harness but lengths of wire to meet your needs.

[hxcbill]

Bob McBride not only sells complete wiring harness but lengths of wire to meet your needs.

Where do I find his contact info?

[alohagreen]

http://www.kaiserbill.com/page18.html ... 

 KF Club member Robert McBride makes wiring harness' for KF cars.
His number is:  772-466-3510

5/600 bucks...?...

keep reading

http://www.henryjcars.com/hjc7/partspage/Partspage.html

Robert BcBride Wire Harnesses

Makes the wire harness for your Henry J, Allstate and Kaiser cars.
A better original match for your car cannot be found anywere.
I bought one complete front to rear. I would call it perfect.
He can sell you any part of the harness or he can make the complete unit.

Robert McBride
81 Ipanema
Ft. Pierce, FL 34951
Phone  (772) 466-3510  < New phone

[hxcbill]

So I replace a couple of bad wires and now have spark again. Woohoo. Still having issues starting though. When it actually does start it'll only run if I have the peddle to the floor and it'll run really really rough.

I did see the carb is leaking now too. Ugh. Looks like from the bottom of the plunger.

[Fid]

Have you replaced the pump diaphragm in the carb?  It's NAPA Echlin 2-4218 or Hygrade C203-5 and can make a world of a difference.  If you do take the carb apart, beware of the little "BB" like check valve that often falls out. Although I think the diaphragm can be replaced without removing the carb but I don't remember right off hand. It's been awhile since I've done it, probably because the new ones can handle the modern gasoline whereas the original ones couldn't.

[hxcbill]

I did replace that. Is there a check valve/ball inside that pump? Maybe that's my issue.

[hxcbill]

This ball seems stuck here. Won't budge https://flic.kr/p/ENJfwW

[Fid]

I'm looking in the shop manual and the Motor's manual and I don't see that one. It could be it.

[hxcbill]

I can't seem to find any info on whether there's supposed to be a check ball there or not. And like I said, this one seems stuck in there. Not sure how I'm gonna even knock it out.

[Fid]

If I ever get out to where my parts are  located, I'll grab a spare and see if I can tell anything.  I'll let you know.

[hxcbill]

Thank you

[hxcbill]

Got that check ball out. Put in a different float needle and seat. Car started right up and carb doesnt leak anymore.

I Still an issue though. Idles ok but when i give it gas, it wants to die. Then eventually will. I can see gas squirt down throat when i give it gas so the accelerator pump sems to be workng well.  Thinking im still having an ignition issue?

Its really tuff to diagnose and repair a car that has both ignition and carb issues at the same time. Im banging my head now. 

[hxcbill]

BOOM!!!

Threw in the first set of points and shes running now. Just took her for a spin. The napa points i had put in it were junk.

Feeling good now.

[Fid]

Check the point gap and timing.  I had this issue with mine once and adjusting the points took care of it.  If your car has a Delco-Remy distributor, the shop manual and other specs say to set the point gap at .022 but that never worked well for me. I set mine at .020 (as most are) and it runs much better. 

[Fid]

When I finished my post, the app said someone else had posted just before I did. Looks like you got it and it was the same issue I had!  Great news.
If it wasn't in the 30s here today, I'd be driving mine too.