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Wont start, struggling |
ericoneal |
Nov 26 2018, 07:56 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 13-August 12 From: Crestwood, KY Member No.: 14,795 Region Association: South East States |
I took my engine out (dual carburetors) awhile back to put in a new clutch. Reinstalled the engine and now it wont start unless I pump the accelerator pedal like crazy. Also, the tach is not working which seems to indicate maybe a coil problem?
I am getting plenty of fuel in the carbs and a spark on all for plug wires. I tried also rotating the distributor slightly each way to check that maybe it was a timing issue, but that did nothing. Like I said, the car starts if I pump the gas pedal, but will not stay running if I do not. Stumped. Any ideas guys? I'm sure its something simple, this thing ran great before... Anything else to try would be helpful. THanks |
ericoneal |
Jan 8 2019, 08:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 13-August 12 From: Crestwood, KY Member No.: 14,795 Region Association: South East States |
Hi all, still working on this and finally have the proper tools.
But I'm having a hell of a time with the flywheel shims. I bought a pack from ecstuning.com, but they were all the same size, so I'm not sure how that would ever work unless I got very lucky. From my calculations now, with three .3 shims in and .12 freeplay left, it appears that I will need a .3, and .34, and another .34 to get me at .04 endplay. As I said, I have a whole pack of .3. Does anyone have or know where I can get two .34 shims? Will these fit our cars? (see no mention of 914 or even Type 4 on some of these pages) BusDepot GoWesty This is the last step to get me back running. Should do a write up on all of this for the next guy... |
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