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It’s a common problem, and often people over tighten the jets to try and stop the leak, cracking the bowl of a very difficult to find carburetor. If the face of the bowl is warped, you will find the top is also usually not flat either. Your tool for the fix looks good, and just be careful not to over tighten the jets!
Problem is if you make it correctly it will only fit the series and body style. Thus, it would make sense to make a very nice generic unit that is oversized and cut to fit all cars.
Not all the cars had rubber mats. Larger series cars had carpets and SOME had rubber mats. I have access to a 1930 Series A 7 pass touring that has the factory rubber mat.
Craig, your 143 shouldn’t be a beast. The wheelbase isn’t that long, but often 1929 Pierce cars have Gemmer steering box issues that make them hard to steer and handle. They driving another 29 or 30 with a Gemmer box for comparison, you may find you need to attend to you steering box. Ed
Interesting car, lots of challenges for the new owner. With luck it will be a current member, or a new one.
Don’t let the cat out of the bag David……..keep that V-16 Pierce under wraps till the restoration is finished!
Up north I have an evergreen chip from 1931, it’s almost a match for my old car. Sometimes paint samples are not stable, and change color by oxidation. To be honest, I always take the factory color and alter it the way I want, Pierce offered any color you wanted in the day………as I prefer to do now. As long as the colors are era appropriate, I’m fine with it. Yes I painted by 1602a very bright blue twenty five years ago, and I still like it.
The guage colors could be black or white on cars in 1931. It seems the later cars were white, maybe Pierce was behind on their bills. My 31 Series 42D/C has both white and black…..from the factory, and yes, I have documented other series 42cars at the end that were delivered the same way. Ed
I had an evergreen 1932 Series 54 Coupe. It ‘s dark green, as one would expect. The 1970’s paint job was said to exactly match the factory color. You can see photos of the car in the PAS annual meet photo sections for most of the last ten years. Ed
Randy, you make new springs………figure about 10 each when you have 100 made.
Bill, I believe it is, it wouldn’t be what I run in a steering box, but the early Pierce rear ends would be fine with it.
Gentleman please go to YouTube and type in
John Deere Corn Head Grease
Watch the video marked 1:50 time stamp.
It’s a liquid and a solid……..very neat product.
I don’t know how to make a link. Ed
I can’t keep track anymore, call John, he can answer off the top of his head. There were two style Pierce units and two style Seagrave if I remember correctly, parts can interchange, but there are modifications necessary.
Just took apart a 1911 48 Hp rear end……it has grease in it. According to the people we spoke with it is correct. There is no way to add it after assembling the rear, so it must be packed in by hand before assembly. Comments?
Seems there were quite a few little old ladies driving Pierce Arrow’s in Pasadena back in the day!😇
FYI- John Cislak has made a fixture to pressurize and the three different type of Pierce hydraulic lifters. The system works well, and eliminates having to take apart a rebuilt motor several times to get the lifter tick to go away.
The car has been for sale on and off for ten years. I made an offer on it about four or five years ago. All I remember is my offer was low……….the car had suffered some kind of fire in the past, I can’t remember how severe…….
How many is enough? Simple question, has a simple answer……..just one more!
The plugs were left out of the engine for twenty five years………..The car was for sale about ten years ago for six figures…..listed as a perfect unrestored original………..I inspected it……….and ended up with this one…….now the property of Tony C.
Last I was told, that price was just for the Pierce. I inspected the car years ago………
