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: 784 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????? |
Root_Werks |
Mar 17 2023, 02:11 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,438 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Make sure to post the solution when you do figure things out. We love stories of "Oh, you mean you need to plug the coil in for it to work?" Makes the rest of us feel in like-minded company.
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Type 47 |
Mar 18 2023, 07:03 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 784 Joined: 1-June 10 From: St. Louis, MO Member No.: 11,790 Region Association: None |
Make sure to post the solution when you do figure things out. We love stories of "Oh, you mean you need to plug the coil in for it to work?" Makes the rest of us feel in like-minded company. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Yes. I'm looking forward to it. My son had to go with his step dad to Comic Con in KC, so we will be back at it tomorrow or Monday. Before he left he yanked these off. Probably so I couldn't mess with it while he was gone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) not sure why plug wire #1 is so tight? |
930cabman |
Mar 19 2023, 05:46 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,579 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States |
Make sure to post the solution when you do figure things out. We love stories of "Oh, you mean you need to plug the coil in for it to work?" Makes the rest of us feel in like-minded company. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Yes. I'm looking forward to it. My son had to go with his step dad to Comic Con in KC, so we will be back at it tomorrow or Monday. Before he left he yanked these off. Probably so I couldn't mess with it while he was gone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) not sure why plug wire #1 is so tight? I would plug up the open holes (intake manifolds) asap to keep anything from falling into a cylinder. rag, paper towel, ... |
Type 47 |
Mar 19 2023, 04:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 784 Joined: 1-June 10 From: St. Louis, MO Member No.: 11,790 Region Association: None |
Make sure to post the solution when you do figure things out. We love stories of "Oh, you mean you need to plug the coil in for it to work?" Makes the rest of us feel in like-minded company. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Yes. I'm looking forward to it. My son had to go with his step dad to Comic Con in KC, so we will be back at it tomorrow or Monday. Before he left he yanked these off. Probably so I couldn't mess with it while he was gone. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) not sure why plug wire #1 is so tight? I would plug up the open holes (intake manifolds) asap to keep anything from falling into a cylinder. rag, paper towel, ... Thanks! |
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