There is a town about 50 miles from me called Mount Olive. The town is suing the rail road co. for storing over 100 tanker cars full of butane in liquid form. This story is repeated all over the U.S. Butane is called the bastard gas because no one wants it. It is a byproduct of refining and the refineries use to burn it off. EPA put a stop to that but they had a bright idea to add it to gasoline. Now it does not take much pressure to keep butane in liquid form and all modern cars have a closed fuel system. It is true that only 2-5% is added in summer blends and 10% winter blends. The cast iron carb on a model A absorbs a lot of heat, especially in stop & go traffic or when you shut it down to refuel . If you listen you can actually hear it bubbling in your carb. So next time your car starts bucking/ cutting off Just say damn butane, or talk to tbirdtbird for a fix. carolinamudwalker
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Interesting, this may be part of our vapor lock problem.
As far as the EPA, they would ban water if they thought they could get away with it -
Just a side note. Having worked for the Railroad and handled and "spotted" these tank cars for unloading, I can tell you that this stuff is nasty, since it is heavier than air, the leak will settle in low spots and remove the oxygen from the area. The gas companies use it as an evaporator, it helps the gas evaporate quicker.
I have walked down a track full of these tank cars and had my breath taken away by a leak. You can also tell by the frost at the leak point. Really nasty stuff. Good thing I was not smoking at the time, as I was a smoker back then.
More random musings from a troubled mind. (flashbacks)You wana look waaay far up da road and plan yer route because the brakes are far more of a suggestion than a command!Comment
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Well, now that I have a great spark I find something else to take away from my driving pleasure.
About an hour or so ago, while driving on the busiest 4 lane highway we have, the engine decides to just rough idle at a signal and die! (it just had to be this road and me in the fast lane parked!)
Well, after trying fruitlessly to get Wheezer running again, parked in the #1...12-22-2018, 08:09 PM -
My tudor is parked in my heated shop, never below 42 degrees. I only start the 29 once every few weeks, take it out and put 3 or 4 miles on her. The last few times shes been tough to start and doesn't want keep running until I make a few attempts. It smells like it is running rich, but tends to backfire a few times before the idle smooths out. Once out on the road, I get a lot of vibration from the...01-27-2018, 10:31 AM -
I will be picking up my A next week and most likely it will be going into our garage. That probably won't be the long term location... Working out what to do in the back yard.
Which gets to my question. What do you guys do? My concern is storing the car - with gas in it. House is a bilevel with a gas hot water heater in there, as well as the furnace.
I desperately want to see the engine...09-14-2018, 10:33 AM -
Finally a gasahol additive that works.
This is light years ahead of Stabil.
Had dinner with a chemical engineer at the Model A Christmas party, who has a couple As and a farm with large storage tanks of both diesel and gasoline.
He swears by this stuff.
The additive for gas is PRI-G, and for diesel, is PRI-D
The writeup says it will make gas last for years with...12-01-2018, 11:02 PM -
I've been following the various threads here on how members have been dealing with rusty fuel tanks. While I'd love to pull the tank and ship it off to Brent, that will have to wait.
The Rust911 concentrate should arrive today. After a PM session over FB ( Facebook, not the.png "cave")
) with the Rust911 people, I'll be picking up 10 gallons of distilled water to use in the process.
As...01-25-2019, 05:02 PM -
So, went for a drive today. About 25 miles on the highway with no problems, then through town stop and go no problem. When we were trying to leave the store it was really busy, and it took like 2 minutes to turn left. When I did finally go normal clutching nearly killed the engine, and it would surge really bad and there was a distinct lack of smoothness with the throttle. After about 45 seconds it...05-29-2019, 08:23 PM -
Hey guys, this may be something of interest for those of you who live in New Jersey. Unfortunately, the octane levels are very high and I'm sure the prices are too!
9 Pure Gas Stations in New Jersey
City Brand Octane Name Street Address Last Updated
Bayville AVFUEL 100 Ocean Aire 101 Airport Rd 2017-09-09
Brick UNBRANDED 100 Drum Point Marina 770 Drum Point 2017-07-28
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Remebering Mitch's post from last week about your strengths and weaknesses. Well mine seem to be all weaknesses as I get older. I had my roadster running so well for the last few months. The after three days without driving it, I took her out and had serious skipping problems on acceleration. What to do? Well I have the FS Ignition distributor so that was my first thought. Pulled out the timing...02-22-2019, 09:28 AM -
This would apply to the Model A Fords just as as well as the new cars. It is a new 'take' on SeaFoam, SeaFoam was designed for two stroke engines according to Scotty Kilmer. Makes sense why it doesn't work as well on a four stroke engine. Check out this short video. I have used SeaFoam in all my cars for years, I'm switching over and trying something new like the Gumout. Mitch would be familiar...05-12-2018, 03:38 PM -
My ‘31 Vicky seems to be leaking at the top of the tank when filled to full - - can’t tell if it might be coming from the neck.
Gasoline runs down the cowl under the trim strip (driver’s side) and is causing paint to flake.
When most recently filled, I took extra care to make sure that there was no drip (of gasoline) from the nozzle when withdrawn from the neck but...09-24-2019, 10:45 PM
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