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 |
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Mar 15 2023, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 785 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????? |
lolkema |
Mar 18 2023, 06:17 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 17-July 05 From: Idaho, USA Member No.: 4,425 Region Association: None |
I would start by making 100% sure the distributor is installed correctly and not 180° turned. Remove the valve cover of the #1 cilinder , remove the distributor cap and turn the engine until the rotor is pointing to the #1 spark plug lead. Feel if both rockers of the #1 cilinder have clearance, if not the distributor has rotated 180° during install. Happend to me before and I had the same issues you are seeing. I was sure I installed it correct but if it is off by a few degrees when you push it in the engine, the cam won't engage in the notch untill the notch is rotated 180°.
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