Hey you guys with old DC's. I'm working on 4 of them, and all 4 had serious clutch problems, even though three of them still worked. Either plates were broken, springs broken, pilot bearings shot, and in the case of the foot clutch, the carrier plate hub was broken. I guess with 52+ year old stuff it should be expected. The machine with a bad transmission howl, had four bad bearings, way to much lash on the main drive pinion, and loose chains, all four needed chain tightening and three of the four needed brakes. All neded at least one bearing in the trany.The one with the "overhauled" engine leaked a seady stream of oil out of the front seal. It turned out that the previous owner never pulled the timing cover (I can see why, because we broke the pulley pulling it) and although the machine had new babbit and bew main bearings, the old engine must have been so shot it made the front seal housing egg shaped, no way to stop it, so we built a new one. It had been overheating, and ran rough, and he must have tried everything,(I believe he sold it in frustration), because he had a new radiator, etc. The problem was, he planed the head but never ran a die over the head studs, and the threads were carboned up, even though he torqued it to specs, it didn't tighten down properly, and three of the four cylinders were leaking, plus the tappets were not set properly, valve guides were worn out and three valves, though freshly ground, needed replacing. Just thought I'd share my experience in case some of you are suffering similar problems.
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