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I’ve gone through the UU2 on my ’29 so if you need help let me know.

The gasket places are pretty self explanatory once you get into the carb.

The float mount tang under the float cover can be very fragile so just be careful when you pull the float cover.

Be gentle.

Also, your venturies may be brittle as well but John Cislak sells replacements.

He has quite a few replacement parts for the UU2.

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Not quite the sound I imagined it would have.

It sounded like it was starving for oil.

Nice video, though.

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Dave, very sorry to hear that your car got hit at the meet and to top it off you were also injured in the incident.

Hope you recover quickly and you get your car back into service soon.

Aside from the mishap to Dave’s car it sounds like everyone had a great time and enjoyed one of the better meets put on by the Society.

I hope to one day venture to the ‘other’ side of the country and take part in one myself.

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A quick internet search turned up an Aug 22-23, 1904 record of an RH Magoon running a stock Pope-Toledo touring car at the Glenville Driving Track in Cleveland Ohio.

In one contest he ran all 5 laps and placed 3rd.

Sounds like your guy.

He also drove in other contests during that same time frame.

Here is the link I found. Happy hunting!

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ancestraltree/doc/acstewart/1904.pdf

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Looks like a great turnout.

+1 on the request for more pics.

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Congrats on your new venture.

I have a ’29 143(126) EDLimo that is a very late ’29 production car and is very original.

I can send you photos of anything in the engine compartment. Just drop me an e-mail with what you want pictures of and I’ll send them out.

From what I understand there were at least two types of water pumps installed on the ’29 8 cylinder so mine may look a little different than yours.

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A very nice video.

I wonder how many of these cars are still on the road today?

If people like the ones in this video didn’t have an appreciation for what was then just an old car, we wouldn’t have our cars to enjoy today.

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I can attest to the top speed that Ed quoted as our ’29 143 EDLimo will do 65mph all day long.

I would double check your rear end ratio just to be sure, given our car’s age, most times you can never tell what has been done over the years.

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Good luck with the sale.

I saw your car at the Temecula meet and it is a beautiful car.

I love the color combination, especially because it is almost the same as our ’29 143.

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The headlamp lenses on the 30 are convex, aren’t they?

I know the 29’s are flat so that may explain the deeper reflector.

The way light is focused through the lens will vary with a curved or a straight lens.

As for the mystery holes, maybe they were used in a car that had a sealed beam retrofit?

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Our ’29 143 has an electric pump that is only used to prime the float bowl if the car has been sitting for more than a few days.

It is run through a pressure regulator to make sure it doesn’t damage or blow through the needle assembly in the carb.

I’ve replaced the regulator in the past few years but the pump was replaced right as ethanol was being introduced so I’m not sure if the ethanol will degrade the seals.

After seeing this story I am going to replace the pump for my piece of mind.

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Arnold Romberg sent me a write up on the rear axle where he recommends using SAE 140 EP gear oil in the rear axle.

The 140 has been in our rear axle for about 3 years now with no issues.

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When I removed the wheels from our ’29 to repair the seals I used one of the three prong pullers with the dog bone hammer arm.

It took a few good blows with a 3 pound hammer to get the drums to pop.

When they did they slid a good inch on the spindle.

I thought the first one was going to fall onto the garage floor it popped so hard.

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Very sorry to hear of your loss.

It is never easy losing your home to a fire and on top of that losing such a prized vehicle.

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The car appears to be in great original condition and the price is right, too.

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When I paused the picture it did not look to have a ’29 water pump on the block but it was still hard to tell since there was never a really good shot of the motor.

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What an awesome display of hospitality.

Ed is right, the people in this club are second to none.

The members never cease to amaze me with their warmth and helpfulness.

The Annual Meets I’ve attended were great experiences and I can’t wait to make it to another one – hopefully we won’t have mechanical problems like the one that cut our last tour short in Temecula.

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Very nice work with that hand grinder, Oivind!

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The number of miles an engine will last is unanswerable because of the huge number of factors in a car’s early history.

The motor in our ’29 143 EDL has never been apart, aside from a water jacket replacement, and it doesn’t really smoke and still runs strong.

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Here is a good site to browse that lists movies with Pierce Arrows in various scenes.

It even details if the car was used in a background scene or if it was used as a main vehicle in the movie.

Some of the models are identified incorrectly but it is a decently comprehensive list.

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Pierce-Arrow.html

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