Update on Jerry Stottish's Fury

[Faulkner]

Great news indeed Jerry! I'm taking the liberty of posting your comments to the list, and to the forum.

If you need to get a fuel pump, buy it from Claude:

http://fuelpumpsa2z.com/

I did, and I'm very happy with mine.

I've also had luck getting a thermostat from NAPA (for my 318). I'm forgetting if you have the Golden Commando or the V-800 (318cid), but NAPA's a good bet.

Best of luck. I can help with brakes too, if it comes to that!

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerry Stottish [mailto:jstottish@cerrometal.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:56 AM
> To: Dan Morton
> Subject: Re: Your '59 Fury
>
>
> Hi Dan,
> More good news. The beast fired up!
>
> I wanted to see what shape the gas tank was in, so I disconnected the
> fuel line from the carb, dumped five gallons of gas into the tank, and
> turned the engine over to see what would come out. Nothing came out. I
> disconnected the fule line that comes from the tank, and hooked
> up two hoses
> to the fule pump. I put the inlet hose into a gas can, the outlet
> hose into
> a milk jug, and cranked the engine. Although the pump did pump a small
> amount of gas, I think that it's shot and is not capable of pulling fuel
> from the tank.
>
> Disappointed but undaunted, I dumped some gas in the carb and hit the
> key. After a few spins, it tried to fire, so I rigged up a gas can and a
> hose, and gravity fed it into the carb. After a few sputters and
> shutters it
> fired up and ran. It sounded really smooth and strong. I quickly shut it
> back down because the radiator is not in the car and I didn't want it to
> overheat. Transmission fluid also shot out of the tranny lines,
> so it looks
> like the tranny pump is working as well.
>
> If I have time this week, I'm going to flush the radiater, and if it's
> okay, I'm going to put it back in. It was stored in the trunk and looks
> okay. I'll replace all of the hoses as well. I'm going to try to
> buy a fuel
> pump. If I can't find one, I may just hook up an electric one. Then I'll
> change the fluids and see if it will stay running.
>
> Do you know where I can find a thermostat? I tried all of the parts
> stores, and they all say they can't get one. The one that is in the car
> seems to work when I push on it, but I don't know whether to trust it or
> not. Will a modern thermostat work, or is it a different size. I was
> wondering why the parts stores just didn't recommend a generic thermostat.
>
> That's it for now.
> Jerry