Well, turns out the balancer slipped at some point in its life. I cranked up the timing to about 32° BTDC and it runs mostly nice. The vacuum...
Phil, I'm in Hawaii, so that's not an option. For now, I'm just gonna time it and adjust the carb. See if it gets any better.
After replacing the one wire, it doesn't run any better. I feel like I should time it again, since for some reason I was able to get the idle down...
I verified the wires were wired up correctly. I sprayed all around the manifold and didn't find any leaks. I forgot to check the PCV valve. I did...
Phil: I set the timing with the vacuum advance disconnected and plugged. Sorry if I was unclear, but I only installed a timing set (gears and...
Base timing is 12° at idle in park.
Disconnected the vacuum advance and it ran like utter crap. It's an edelbrock 1806. The advance is definitely hooked up to the timed port (left...
Bush: It's an edelbrock 650cfm. Jim: With just the lightest touch of the throttle, the vacuum advance gives full advance. I'll try disconnecting...
Now that I have the engine back together, I just can't get it tuned right. This problem occurred before I took it apart, and and I had attributed...
I decreased the sensitivity of the vacuum advance and it drove a bit better. It still sputters and shakes at about 1/2-3/4 throttle and pops out...
Well, I went and stabbed the dizzy in again anyway. The cap has a 1 on it, and I didn't want to confuse myself next time I messed with it. How...
Actually, thinking more on it, I've set the distributor 20° retarded since my "0°" was actually 20°. I've gotta go back and fix that. That sounds...
Okay so I guess I am the retard. I marked the "0" on the balancer, and didn't see the "2" next it. I remarked the actual 0° mark, as well as a...
Alright well, for some reason, clamping the inductive pickup to cylinder #1 shows 10° ATDC, then advances to around 10° BTDC (on the timing...
It's dark and raining now, so I'll try getting a video tomorrow morning. But just for clarification: Just to make sure I'm not reading it wrong,...
This is the first unit (BWD V393) I bought, the body was too big: [img] This is the second unit (BWD V395) I bought, and it matches the original...
It seems my vacuum advance is retarding, instead of advancing, the timing. Or am I just retarded? I've verified cylinder #1 (frontmost passenger...
I don't remember the fuel pressure being that jumpy before. I'll rev it up and take a look though.
So it's back together. Still had no fuel pressure. Was baffled and agitated. Pulled off the fuel pressure gauge (near the carb) and hooked up the...
Well, we primped the pump good, and are putting it all back together. If it doesn't pump, just gonna swap to an electric pump. Any particular...
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