Reply To: ’54 Fleetwin – wont run on low speed

[David Bartlett]

burnt-clutch wrote:

So the whole story is that the motor is new to me, and I started to overhaul it a few months ago. Before I started work on it I did a compression test which gave me readings of 70 / 80. I removed the cylinder head and planed it and the power head (at the top of the cylinders) before installing the new head gasket. I didn’t notice if the old head gas was burned but I replaced it for good measure. I saw some scoring at the top of the cylinders but noting else.The welch plug was never missing, I just took it out thinking that the lead shot that I mentioned at the beginning of the thread was missing. The motor does idle better than when I started this thread, – I think that I accidentally installed the high and low speed needles in the wrong places when I originally put the carb back together. I’ll do another compression test this weekend and see if the numbers are improved, and I’ll drain the lower unit oil and see if there is any water in it. So is the friction plate thingee the item that is circled in this picture? Does anyone have a link to the parts list for a ’54 Fleetwin, or is that year identical to a ’57?
-Karl

Friction block and spring will be the same for other years.

David Bartlett
Pine Tree Boating Club Chapter

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