Going up a 14% grade for 0.4 miles in a 103 year old car.

[Morgan Wright]

Watch and see if I "make the grade" in my 1917 E-49

 

14% is 8 degrees. This is the hill the school bus always gets stuck on when it snows.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OM3Z8CaEgg

 

[michealbernal]

Your car seemed to handle the hill without a problem.  Are you using the vacuum fuel feed or are you using an electric fuel pump?  I always hear stories of the old cars running out of fuel on long steep grades because the vacuum fuel feed was unable to provide enough fuel.  I wonder just how factual those stories are.  

[Morgan Wright]

21 minutes ago, michealbernal said:

Your car seemed to handle the hill without a problem.  Are you using the vacuum fuel feed or are you using an electric fuel pump?  I always hear stories of the old cars running out of fuel on long steep grades because the vacuum fuel feed was unable to provide enough fuel.  I wonder just how factual those stories are.  

 

I am using the original vacuum tank. I used to have a problem with it but it turned out to be the crappy modern generic "Made in India" fuel filter I bought, I switched to an old Carter filter and have never had a problem since, and I drive all over the place.