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Well I think we all figured out the problem! Left the plugs out and the throttle wired open for an entire day. Oiled the cylinders a bit, and she...
I'm leaning more towards this being a "flooding" situation. When I pulled the plugs, a few of them literally "dripped" wet. Again, I know nothing...
So you're saying I need to replace new plugs just because they got wet? I pulled them all out to clean and check them, but should I dry out the...
I have not pulled the distributer since the last time when it was running just fine.
I tried that. Nothing changes other than the cough goes away, but comes back when it set back to the original location.
I apologize in advance for another "it wont start" thread, but I'm about to pull my hair out. I'm pretty new to all this, but I rebuilt a 283 last...
The ultimate goal is to get some miles on the car (once finished) and then use the Eldebrock X-1 intake with Holley 94s that is in my avatar...
And this winner is @ClayMart . Moved the vacuum gauge to the carb throttle plate and the needle gave a steady reading. No fluctuations. If your...
They are blocked. 100%.
Here's my plan of attack for this weekend, in order. I feel that if I memorialize it in a post it will hold me accountable to following up with...
- I didn't think about that at all. It is a port that was drilled and tapped behind the center carb, which I believe is in line with a runner....
Here are the compression numbers right after the 30 minute break-in. To me it seems pretty variable, but I should probably try again now that its...
That's fair. I'll post the numbers this evening when I have them in front of me.
Short answer... not yet. I could see if the motor had low/high vacuum or maybe not idling correctly maybe that would create an issue. Right now,...
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