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  1. Hi, looking for a "look a like" replacement set up, for this early closed cannister B-3-AC oil filter, 8 inch long, just over 3 inches diameter, two fittings at the top. Any leads where to find this ? Thanks Johan
  2. You should find out what.s wrong by testing your exhaust gas when the problem is present. A 4 gas tester will tell you what causes your power loss. Fuel or ignition related. From what you describe ignition related has my vote , new condensors are shit, but if they will stay gone, also not comeback. As two previous responders mentioned , cap or rotor, one or both. Would be interested to know what you will find. Please let us know Johan
  3. This picture shows the front seats of a 222/ 272 bodied 370 B as found in the Cadillac Master Body Parts book sixth edition (original example) Interesting to find the difference, compared to car offered at BAT After this Parts book, there is only one seat possible for the passenger, being F-604 for both coupe's body type 222 and 272 The one seat, F-594 only goes for the driver side as well.
  4. Just a remark, if Ed or anyone else has set the distributor on a Sun tester or a like,please don't touch the distributor with a dwell meter or any other tool, no matter how good yopu are at this you will never achieve the exact setttings of the machine, believe me. As far as the Johsons are concernd, they have a bad reputation but if in a correct factory alike condition and function, they work well, mine does for 40 year now and I have done a few Johsons as well. Most overlooked is the flapper valve spring, the correct tension , lenght and fit will make a huge difference. Best way to find this out is by testing on a 4 gas meter. The reading should be about even, at idle and half throttle. Depending on the condition of your engine. the reading should be in the range of 5 - 7 % Co . Tension to big in the spring, or to short a spring, will give reading in the 10-12 % range or even above, too weak, or too long a spring will lead to reading in the 2-3% range or lower. Too strong a spring give too rich mixture, due to lack of air, too weak a spring a lean mixture, due to too much air. New springs should not be accepted having the tension intended by the factory, find this out by 4 gas testing is my advice. You will be surprised how well the engine runs with the right spring and setting The new spring wire thickness comes in 4 different tension versions. The screw setting the mixture, was not intended to ork with the wrong spring tension. That is why the WS Manual ask for special care, handling this spring, in detail. Hope this will help Johan
  5. Very closely, that yellow tag, but there of course. Not exactly the place to be, the Autobahn with many km of the unlimited speed sections, scary I think. Agreed , didn’t dare saying, all look out of place on ‘32 open Cadillac. Your big trunk , filled most likely to the top , made the tour without touching the parts in it.😉 thanks for sharing your pictures with us.
  6. Fantastic dwp , what a beautiful ‘ 32 Cadillac, allow me to make a remark, please take the wrong year ,wrong height off , this very special 16 deserves the right ‘ 32 one, not easy to find, I know, the one now , works against the car. Wish you all the luck finding one. Btw did you succeed with the buy the one for the rds , hope you did.
  7. Hi, this place, next to the Le engine stand hole, or there about, should be the place on the frame to find your number. The pictured nr is '32 know a '33 is the same Johan
  8. Hi, repaired/soted out a Cadillac V-12 from germany, not having run well for 15 years , after comming from the UIS, a beautifull restored one, with 80K miles on it. Please find two pictures attached, 1 is the original cam with the right angle , the two flat spots on the cam center, holding the rotor arm, 90 degree towards the high spot on the cam. picture 2 is the wrong one with the flat spots on the cam at 85 degree to the high spot on the cam. Blue line indicates the direction of the flat spots. The engine responded in the same way, running on the Left bank only , despite spark and fuel on the Ri one. Turned out it fired on the wrong moment due to the offset cam flat spots. On the distributor machine everything is excellent as it should be, because the cam flat spots are of no concern, at setting the distributor involved parts. You can set the distributor , firing at the right time on the left bank , buit not le and ri with this offset cam spots, you can set it on the ri side bank, it won't run on the left after that. It isn't to say this is your problem, but knowing how much time it took, for me to find out, I thought I spare you this. It's not some thing you think off the first, I didn't. I would as said before replace the condensers, the new ones I put in, were gone after 50 miles. Find oem usa build ones if possible. Do you have the orignal Detroits on the engine, or the new build ones, had an interesting exp. with the new ones on a V-16 not running on one side as well. Please share what you find out. Johan
  9. A Bentley V12 without a doubt is the ultimate rare car, the only one existing !
  10. It is a 353 1930 7 pass sedan headlamps and radiator surround are as noticed 1932 air horn is not found often on these 353 engines Fisher body dash and steering wheel also 1930 , horn is also 353
  11. With a stuck float it wouldn't run well, most likely leaking gasket . could be due to ethanol gas or some other additive, the gasket material being eaten. take the carb off and investigate,
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