[old car fan]

1922 cleveland that starts and runs great but no power whatsoever.does anyone have any ideas or comments?

[1929Chandler]

Hi Tim, They did not have a lot of power back then . But you might start by checking the exhaust system . Make sure it is not closed off by a bend or somthing inside the system . If plenty of exhaust is comming out the tailpipe check timing next . Good Luck Roger

[old car fan]

Hello and thanks for the reply.Im sure the exhast is fine and timing is spot on as far as we can tell with the info we have.I do realize they have not much power back then,but we also have a 14 Grant,20 studabaker,that will run off and leave the cleveland

[JFranklin]

Do a compression check. if good and you can tap the vacuum put a vacuum gauge on it and see what it tells. Please tell us how you are sure the exhaust is fine. Try retarding and advancing the timing and see what happens. Are the brakes free or draging? try a different carb maybe the idle circut is ok but but otherwise not giving enough when running.

[old car fan]

Carburetor is the only thing i can think of.I know its getting enough fuel to the carburetor.Does anyone know what would be the correct carb.

[carbking]

Original carburetor information:

Cleveland carburetor applications

Jon.

[JFranklin]

Carbking, do you have any good recomendations for replacing the die-cast stromberg on my 1928 Hupmobile 6 cyl? Thank you, J Franklin

[carbking]

Originally Posted By: JFranklin

Carbking, do you have any good recomendations for replacing the die-cast stromberg on my 1928 Hupmobile 6 cyl? Thank you, J Franklin

The Stromberg T-2 may be replaced with a bunch of different carbs, depending on a bunch of different criteria.

Give me a call (no obligation), and then if you wish to type up the answer here, you get to do all the typing! [img]<>/wink.gif[/img]

Jon.

[old car fan]

Checked the carb today.It has the proper carb.I did try to advance and retard the timing,not muc changes.It doesnt even make a difference when starting.We hardly ever drive this car because of this problem,to nice of a car to sit and look good.Hope we can solve the problem.

[JFranklin]

How about looking for a vacuum leak? that could cause problems. Still would like to know how you determined the exhaust was not the problem. one more thing, you could jack up the back wheels and remove the plugs and use the hand crank to see if there is any drag or binding in the drive train. btw what is the HP of your car?

Enclosed is a few shots of my 1922 Nash. Good luck