Will it start 2

fixerupper · Feb 20, 2021

The 62 Rambler fired up and idles without goosing the throttle so what more can I ask for? I am using a lawn mower gas tank, the fuel line to the car's gas tank is plugged solid. Can't blow through it with a high pressure air hose, can't get it to open up and blow the other way when I pressurize the gas tank. Sucked about five gallons of crappy gas spiced with rust chunks out of the gas tank. But it does run. Next challenge is finding four old used 15" tires. Only one tire holds air the other three are junk. Whoever the new owner will be will have to do the rest.

old · Feb 20, 2021

To bad your so far from me. There is a place in town I can get all the used tires I want from for free and most are still 50% so tread

fixerupper · Feb 20, 2021

Rich if I felt like a 400 mile one way trip I would hop in the pickup and go your way. i had just as well buy new ones with the money I would have wrapped up in the trip and the way it sounds I would not get away from the snow soooo. Well darn. I looked at the tire rack in one of the storage buildings on the farm and found five 225-70-15's with about 30% tread. I don't know where they came from but they are free and will fit so what the heck. The old Rambler has never had radials until now. I went to shut the radiator drain so I could put water in and found out it and it already had antifreeze in it but just below the top of the core so that is good to go. Will the brakes pump up? We will find out tomorrow.

Phil-mar Farms · Feb 20, 2021

Sometimes the rust is as fine as flour. It will plug a fuel line
tight closed. When I was younger and had more time then
money I cleaned out a line with a piece of wire made into an
auger. It was a long afternoon!

rustred · Feb 20, 2021

what engine is it, 6 cyl?

fixerupper · Feb 20, 2021

6 cylinder. A whopping 196 cubes. The last time I ran it which was about 10 years ago give or take a few it starved out and died. I thought it was the filter. The filter is not plugged. It is a little paper filter inside an upside down bowl on top of the fuel pump. It was the plugged fuel line that caused the problem. There is a vacuum pump beneath the fuel pump to run the wipers. They still used vacuum wipers in 1962. The engine pops right off now so that part of the journey is over.

Absent Minded Farmer · Feb 20, 2021

Is it an American, Ambassador or a Classic? Think there were only the three models for '62. Also a one off body style. Flush-O-Matic transmission? Is
it a wagon? I like the wagons best from that era. The '58 Ambassador 4 door HT wagon being my all time favorite.

Mike

UncleTom · Feb 20, 2021

I remember "more time than money" when growing up. I still have more time than money.

Steve@Advance · Feb 20, 2021

I thought that would have had 14" tires originally.

fixerupper · Feb 20, 2021

This one is a Classic four door sedan with three on the treen and the old style overdrive. Also air conditioning, power brakes and steering and factory tinted windows. The rims are 15 inch from the factory on this one.

fixerupper · Feb 20, 2021

(quoted from post at 17:52:31 02/20/21) This one is a Classic four door sedan with three on the treen and the old style overdrive. Also air conditioning, power brakes and steering and factory tinted windows. The rims are 15 inch from the factory on this one.

Thats three on the TREE!

rustred · Feb 20, 2021

i had a 1969 ihc 1/2 ton and it had the american motors 6 cyl in it. think it was over 200 cid.

rusty6 · Feb 20, 2021

(quoted from post at 17:57:30 02/20/21) i had a 1969 ihc 1/2 ton and it had the american motors 6 cyl in it. think it was over 200 cid.

Yes, by late sixties IH was finding it cheaper to source their sixes from AMC than to build their own BD six cylinder engines. I think they used the 232 same as the one I had in the IH 4000 swather. Nice reliable and smooth running engine.

jm. · Feb 20, 2021

266 is a number that pops in my mind from that area , I bout a new one some where around 73 or so and like you said it was a smother running engine. In a IH scout. .

Ultradog MN · Feb 21, 2021

I had a 69 two door Classic - 6, 3 on the
tree. Thought it was a 199ci tho?
Had to quit driving it after I drive over
some rough railroad tracks and the frame
cracked from rust.
Was an economical, dependable car to drive
in my college years except about every 3K
miles it needed new points.

Ultradog MN · Feb 21, 2021

PS,
My 69 still had the dual fuel/vacuum pump and vacuum wipers.

timcasbolt · Feb 21, 2021

(quoted from post at 06:53:25 02/21/21) I had a 69 two door Classic - 6, 3 on the
tree. Thought it was a 199ci tho?
Had to quit driving it after I drive over
some rough railroad tracks and the frame
cracked from rust.
Was an economical, dependable car to drive
in my college years except about every 3K
miles it needed new points.

hat engine was produced in 7 different size configurations using 4 different bores and 5 different strokes. 196, 199, 232, 242, 252, 258, and 282. I have a 199 with matching 3 speed automatic with 37,000 miles on it that I'd like to sell.

fixerupper · Feb 21, 2021

Talking about points, in 1962 Rambler could have had a 6V coil with an external resistor or a 12V coil without resistor. This car has the 12V without the external resistor. When my sis was driving it in college the coil went bad and the mechanic replaced it with a coil that needs a resistor. The points were burning real quick. I mentioned this problem to an old mechanic who knew his Ramblers and he told me about the difference in coils. That was in 1971, 50 years ago already.

centash · Feb 21, 2021

Actually, the 196 flathead and OHV 196 had 4 main bearings, the others had 7. The 199,
232 and 258 were different, all new thin wall castings, spin on oil filter, etc.

Ben

Will it start 2

fixerupper

Well-known Member

old

Well-known Member

fixerupper

Well-known Member

Phil-mar Farms

Member

rustred

Well-known Member

fixerupper

Well-known Member

Absent Minded Farmer

Well-known Member

UncleTom

Well-known Member

Steve@Advance

Well-known Member

fixerupper

Well-known Member

fixerupper

Well-known Member

rustred

Well-known Member

rusty6

Well-known Member

jm.

Well-known Member

Ultradog MN

Well-known Member

Ultradog MN

Well-known Member

timcasbolt

Well-known Member

fixerupper

Well-known Member

centash

Well-known Member

Similar threads