At Last! :yahoo:After having a fender bender, replacing the shifter tube in my Explorer, and the harmonic dampener in my Mountaineer I finally...
Upon CLOSE examination (with my glasses ON) of my timing set, I discovered the square is actually a rectangle with rounded corners that looks...
Degreed out the cam last night. The cam card said that @.050" intitial lift on the intake should be at 6 degrees BTDC. Mine was @ 2 degrees. The...
Thanks for all the ideas. I've got the intake and timing cover off now. I just had to check to make SURE my timing marks lined up. I've got a...
All good advise guys THANKS. I was kinda running out of ideas for troubleshooting.I did play with the timing and the vacuum and could get all the...
Good thought on the brakes , but no.....I've got manual brakes. The only vacuum port being used is the distibutor vacuum advance. Last night I...
Thanks for the input . I have check the pre-load on the lifters and I too used 1/2 turn.
I just noticed this spec calls for 15 lbs. Another Edelbrock source called for 11. That makes my problem even worse :(
Vaccuum Leak DURATION AS ADVERTISEDINTAKE: 270°EXHAUST: 280°DURATION @ .050INTAKE: 204°EXHAUST: 214°LIFT @ CAM (Lobe)INTAKE: 0.28"EXHAUST:...
Has anyone had a vacuum leak that DID NOT respond to external testing ( wd-40 ...stating fluid etc.) I've been fooling around with this 351w motor...
Cap and rotor are brand new when I bought the distributor Good thought though!
Yea I adjusted the carb with a vacumm gauge and I've played with the ignition timing . It seems to run better with the ignition advanced but won't...
Yea I know Devils in the details .Just need to find some new ideas .I know I'll get it sooner or later
[ATTACH] Shot of the interior ( ignore the wires hanging down not quite finished)
[ATTACH] Just another shot of the engine bay
The big reason I was looking at the ignition system is that I could not get the motor to run with more that .035 gap on the plugs . MSD recomends...
[ATTACH] Just a front shot of my car
:huh:Still looking for the Stabber's problem. I disconnected the tach and nothing changed. A friend suggested maybe a vacumm leak ( it is a fresh...
Good thought on he tach .It's a cheep Sun tach and now that I think about it MSD has a list of tachs. I'll try unplugging the tach and see if it...
Oh Yea and the coil is a new MSD Blaster SS. I know we sometimes get bad parts fom the factory but...... It seems unlikely
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