Projects The Further Adventures of a Car Dad and his Family PICTURE HEAVY

I always find something to buy. There was a person that had 3 Weiand intakes single four barrel for SBC for 50 each I thought really hard about making a offer for all 3. they wanted 50 each.

 

First Friday night cruise in of the year

 

Nice cars

 

Well bad days. Had to get pulled home

 

What happened?

 

I don’t know yet.
It seems to be ignition related. I will probably look at it later today.

 

Oh man. Sorry to see this. You'll get it fixed quickly, I'm sure.

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/HzsUpI_S7wM?si=xDVoMZTrWxa8ENfW

Evidently, during the heat cycles the distributor hold down bolt worked slightly loose. Over a period of time the distributor retarded itself.

 

So just like a spoiled child, it just wants a little attention from you…..

 

Yep

 

At least it is an easy fix. Although last time that happened to me on my Chevelle, I found out the distributor gear was worn out.

 

The engine probably has about 3500 miles on it now. we put a new Melonized distributor gear on the distributor because the engine has a Hydraulic roller cam in it.

 

I believe that the tach cable broke because the tach has quit working .

 

Yea, mine had a bronze gear on it and has a solid roller cam. Had another one recently wipe out a distributor and cam gear since I was running a steel gear on a hydraulic roller... Learned my lesson on that one.

 

I detest Gremlins!! I appreciate ones that are so simple when finally found. Really glad it was nothing more serious.

Ben

 

When the tach quits its usually the gear inside the distributor

 

Well, that would definitely be my normal luck

 

how hard would it be to change the gear without pulling the distributor?

 

I forgot all about this thread How IDK.
Love your Corvette and all the pics.
Hopefully a simple fix.
Dan

 

Make sure the distributor clamp still has some arch to it. A lot of times they get overtightened and flatten out thus losing the hold down strength.

 

Sadly you have to pull the distributor to fix it....pull the cable off the distributor first and try and spin the cable with your fingers to see if tach moves at all. I believe theres a couple of you tube videos covering the gear replacement process

 

Ther was a small car show in town today. I was out running errands and stopped

 

Well it’s a pretty day here today. I thought I would go home and get the Vette and drive it. On the way back I had technical difficulties. The wiring shorted out at the connection on the firewall in the engine compartment. I managed to get it disconnected before it caught on fire.

 

Oh man! Glad you got it stopped. Time for some wiring, looks like.

 

Yes good you caught it.
Dan

 

funny how some cars throw **** at you in batches. That not knowing if you're gonna be stranded takes all the fun out. Keep pluggin' at it!

 

It’s back in the garage time to throw money at it

 

These two were at a local car show today

 

^ Upholstered wheel wells on the '56. Cool!

 

Started the wiring today