OK... Havoc and I just finished another day of working on Freebie.

 

We got the radiator fan hard-wired back in, as it had come disconnected some time before I picked up the car. It was apparently wired through a switch in the dash (was probably hard-wired by the last CA owner).

 

It now takes longer to overheat than before, just sitting at idle in the garage.

 

New batch of questions:

 

Cooling system - is the fan supposed to blow air towards the front of the car, through the radiator? or is it supposed to suck air from the back of the radiator and shove it farther back in the engine bay, toward the rear of the car?

 

Is the car supposed to gradually overheat if the engine is left running endlessly at idle with the radiator fan turned on? If not, what did we do wrong?

 

Clutch - Though the clutch is new, it is not properly adjusted. The pedal has to be ALL THE WAY to the floor in order to change gears, and the instant you start to lift the pedal, the car is back in gear. How do you adjust it so that this toggle point is at least 2" above the floor instead of AT the floor?

 

Other things we found today - The carb runs rich until the car is warmed up. After about 10 minutes of idling, the car puts out normal-looking/feeling/smelling exhaust. No parts were replaced... may pick up a PaP carb next week, since they are cheaper than a new O2 sensor.

Cooling system - is the fan supposed to blow air towards the front of the car, through the radiator? or is it supposed to suck air from the back of the radiator and shove it farther back in the engine bay, toward the rear of the car?

 

This question has now been answered in another thread, thanks Noah.

 

Clutch - Though the clutch is new, it is not properly adjusted. The pedal has to be ALL THE WAY to the floor in order to change gears, and the instant you start to lift the pedal, the car is back in gear. How do you adjust it so that this toggle point is at least 2" above the floor instead of AT the floor?

 

Still looking for an answer to this. Or if not an answer, then someone locally that can do the adjustment.

Two nuts where the clutch cable attaches to the release fork - undo the lock nut and tighten the cable with the other one.