hidden_hunter

Can you take a photo of the piece that’s sheared? at least on the type 61 there isn’t much that would prevent removal from the car

It’s what I had on hand

Thought I'd provide an update, we managed to get it going The culprit appears to have been the cork gasket, we switched to a paper one and recut it and is filling correctly once more Thanks for all the advice everyone

My modern station wagon gets around 23mpg mixed use and spirited driving it drops to just over 10

I figure 8-12mpg in the Cadillac

Alright got a bit of time this arvo and took the tank apart verified that the float is in the centre hole and moving freely sprayed wd40 around all the connections to see if it’s sucking anything in (couldn’t see any) cleaned the tank mating surface and made sure it was flat Still no luck

Just tried it by blowing through the fuel hole and moving the float up and down, seems to be sealing ok and moving freely It looks like I’ve got the hole in the right place on the gasket but I might try poking it through with some fencing wire to check it’s clear

Some great suggestions, I’ll see if I get a chance to try them out this week and report back

It just drains the vac tank, it’s not refilling it - is that still the expected behavior? I have a 1.6mm cork gasket on the lid and the banjo fitting has a fibre washer either side. Could either of those be the culprit?

Yep cleaned it all out, totally clean Haven’t done it for a while but was all within a couple of psi for all cylinders Thanks Roger, I think that’s what my next step is

Hi team, Bit of a strange one, I’m having a few issues with my vacuum tank on the 1926 standard. It had been running perfectly for a number of years From what I can tell it’s not making vacuum from the manifold (but my diagnoses could be wrong) what I’ve tried was 1) replacing all the gaskets 2) reseat everything 3) checked all parts moved in the lid 4) pushed gas through from the rear gas tank using air (so lines are clear) 5) blown out all the lines 6) manually filling the vac tank with gas it runs perfectly until it runs dry I can’t think of anything else to check but it all seems to point to lack of vacuum but not sure what would cause that any suggestions?

The fun of an old car for me is working on it, $150k pays for a lot of tools and jobs that are either too hard or make a hash of

Cable lube can also help

Best wishes for a speedy recovery from all of down under

I'm trying to stay within about a 10 hour flight from Melbourne so it rules out the mainland - we like a bit of variety when we're traveling so some history/scenary/shopping. Some of the pacific islands are really nice but dont' really have that variety (e.g new caladonia has fantastic beaches but history wise there isn't much to see)