Almost had the Edsel out at Goodguys

So I was making good headway on my Edsel. I got the 390 fired, tuned the carb (1 of 3 Holley 94's) tuned enough to run it and break the cam in. I figured out the Teletouch, got it working again. The problem was a wire I left off and taped when I changed the ignition switch over... 8 years ago! I was getting ready to move the car out of the driveway to load it up for the exhaust shop. I shift it to reverse... nothing. Rev it, nothing. Park works. Shift it in Dr, nothing. So the car was winched onto the hauler.

From two different people I talked to, I found my issue. My transmission guy, who should know by now I'm a GM guy, failed to mention that a Ford torque converter needs to be engaged not once, but 3 times when putting it on. I did not know that. Now it looks like I f-d up the keyway on the pump, and now I need to remove that bohemoth cast iron Fordomatic to bring it back to the trans shop. Beautiful.

That and I can't get the 94 to idle great. Need to play with that. It won't idle with the throttle blades closed, I've got to bump them open a little bit. It's not flowing through the boosters. Just something else to play with. At least I'm not under the gun anymore since Goodguys is past.

So luckily I was trying to get the 67 Biscayne I was working on with my dad for 8 years out as well. At least that made it. It's not exactly HAMB friendly, but I had a good time this last weekend at least. Hopefully next year I'll be able to cruise in with my Edsel....

Any ideas on how much my ****** repair is gonna hurt me, or any pointers on my carbs? Thanks in advance, Josh.

 

G.M. is three clicks too???

 

Your Carb needs to p*** some air through at idle so having the ****erflys open some is right, not closed off tight. That's just for the additional carbs.
The Wizzard

 

I've never heard about 3 clicks for a GM trans... I've done a dozen of them, and had no issues so I guess I'm allright there.

And thanks Wizzard, I guess that makes sense. Just seemed weird to me since I had to adjust the idle adjustment/choke linkage all the way in just so it would idle. I'll play with it over the next month, maybe try and get all three in sync.