What went wrong?, it was running great and then not at all |
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What went wrong?, it was running great and then not at all |
Type 47 |
Mar 15 2023, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 787 Joined: 1-June 10 From: St. Louis, MO Member No.: 11,790 Region Association: None |
so we put the original 62k engine back in that had not had the distributor removed. Adjusted the valves (again after we put about 10 miles on it) we rebuilt the Webbers and it fired up. We did some timing and tweaking on the carbs.
It ran OK but a little shy of perfect. I replaced the wires and it seemed to improve it but idled a little high around 1,200. My son came over to work on it the next day, but I wasn't home. All of a sudden, it won't even run. we swapped distributers (both 009's) with the parts car, then swapped points (adjusted to 0.016). no improvement. tested spark to all four cylinders. I seems like it's really out of timing but we didn't change it much. (except for the fact that we took the distributor out) my son says we have spark, too much fuel, and not enough air. What do we do next????? |
Superhawk996 |
Mar 20 2023, 08:35 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,544 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Now that the carbs have been removed - you’re going to have to work your way back through balancing airflow in each barrel, setting idle mixture, setting idle speed and then synchronizing the two carbs.
Have you done that? Also what are the Venturi sizes and jets that you’re working with? |
Type 47 |
Mar 20 2023, 09:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 787 Joined: 1-June 10 From: St. Louis, MO Member No.: 11,790 Region Association: None |
Now that the carbs have been removed - you’re going to have to work your way back through balancing airflow in each barrel, setting idle mixture, setting idle speed and then synchronizing the two carbs. Have you done that? Also what are the Venturi sizes and jets that you’re working with? Why would we have to do that? Kid took them off...I made him put them back on. Nothing changed except making sure they were good and tight. Airflow is a final adjustment we were almost there when things went south. you make it seems so simple. I get the synch'n the carbs, but i'm kind of lost at idle mixture/speed. |
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