Doorgunner's '68 Convertible Project
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16, '18
Of course there is such an animal! Got to get with the times 
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Read my thread in the TECH FORUM......I need some help with the distributor/the car is in the driveway waiting fpr tomorrow....................
H e l p !!!
EDIT: I've been getting some good advice on the Tech Forum.
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16, '18
Great place to grow up now? Not as many places, good ones come with a cost.
I live by beach so raising my kids was great, sent them to private schools to cut down on public school BS.
Outside of a little visit from Sandy it's been a good area for me.
Greg
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Hello, been here since late 80's still crowded, traffic, forget weekends on beach roads, Suffolk has some open spaces. Some towns in both Nassau and Suffolk are real rough areas, drugs, gangs,low life's. Housing is crazy expensive for nothing special, taxes also.
Great place to grow up now? Not as many places, good ones come with a cost.
I live by beach so raising my kids was great, sent them to private schools to cut down on public school BS.
Outside of a little visit from Sandy it's been a good area for me.
Greg
Great place to grow up now? Not as many places, good ones come with a cost.
I live by beach so raising my kids was great, sent them to private schools to cut down on public school BS.
Outside of a little visit from Sandy it's been a good area for me.
Greg
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Maybe I can put some more test miles on the car tomorrow....maybe!
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16, '18
Sounds like you could be chasing a short under load, is ground strap good, if you fried the module check alternator diodes making sure no AC gets to dizzy. I know it's satisfying to figure things out can you swap in another dist. to narrow down search?
Good luck
Good luck
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While I have your attention......does each mark on the timing cover TAB represent 1 degree per mark.....
OR..............
2 degrees per mark
????????????????????
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16, '18
On mine it goes by two per line, numbers stamped 0 4 8 with line in between.
If you had the road sensor mod you would not have any problems with the bumps
If you had the road sensor mod you would not have any problems with the bumps
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rOAd SENSOR MOD????? Ohhhh....now I get it
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TOO lines per mark?!?!
THAT explains it!
I have the timing set for 60 degrees total advance!
No wonder the engine shuts off when I connect the distributor to manifold vacuum!
rOOKIEs!
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16, '18
[QUOTE=doorgunner;1590327149]rOAd SENSOR MOD????? Ohhhh....now I get it
**************************************** ****************************
TOO lines per mark?!?!
THAT explains it!
I have the timing set for 60 degrees total advance!
No wonder the engine shuts off when I connect the distributor to manifold vacuum!
2 degrees per mark, let me know how you make out.
Good luck
rOOKIEs!
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TOO lines per mark?!?!
THAT explains it!
I have the timing set for 60 degrees total advance!
No wonder the engine shuts off when I connect the distributor to manifold vacuum!
2 degrees per mark, let me know how you make out.
Good luck
rOOKIEs!
88200
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Normally I take a break on Sundays.......
BUT........
I think I can have the timing corrected/carb re-adjusted in less than an hour.....
Then fill the tank and take the car for a Sunday (TEST) drive.
Maybe I could drive over to Academy Outdoors and buy a GoPro to get some road-trip video
BUT........
I think I can have the timing corrected/carb re-adjusted in less than an hour.....
Then fill the tank and take the car for a Sunday (TEST) drive.
Maybe I could drive over to Academy Outdoors and buy a GoPro to get some road-trip video
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Normally I take a break on Sundays.......
BUT........
I think I can have the timing corrected/carb re-adjusted in less than an hour.....
Then fill the tank and take the car for a Sunday (TEST) drive.
Maybe I could drive over to Academy Outdoors and buy a GoPro to get some road-trip video
BUT........
I think I can have the timing corrected/carb re-adjusted in less than an hour.....
Then fill the tank and take the car for a Sunday (TEST) drive.
Maybe I could drive over to Academy Outdoors and buy a GoPro to get some road-trip video
ZIO
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16, '18
Good luck Gunner, heading out to a car and coffee gathering now, rvzio if you're reading it's at OBI , where it used to be anyway, about 500!cars every Sun.
When I get back, time to work on my power steering. Talk to you later.
When I get back, time to work on my power steering. Talk to you later.
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(slow learner here/A.D.D. causes me to hear some things in "reverse order")......
like "marking the harmonic balance at 36* in a clockwise direction"/I kept thinking "counter-clockwise direction"
I'm surprised that the engine didn't run hot because I had the timing set 50% higher than it should have been/matter of fact---it was so high that the engine was running rich because it didn't have time to burn all the fuel----which spared the pistons from having holes burned into them.
(I can rebuild a trailing arm, but can't set the timing!)
"Rookies!"
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The distributor has a gremlin....I have dropped the timing to 15* base/from the 24* I mistakenly set it to the other day.....
and the engine STILL kills IMMEDIATELY WHEN I connect the vacuum advance to manifold vacuum!
I'm going to visit my "HELP!" thread in the Tech Forum.
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St. Jude Donor '15-'16, '18
Ohhhhh yeah....well....let me tell you a thing or two....(oooops---can't argue with "Fried")
The distributor has a gremlin....I have dropped the timing to 15* base/from the 24* I mistakenly set it to the other day.....
and the engine STILL kills IMMEDIATELY WHEN I connect the vacuum advance to manifold vacuum!
I'm going to visit my "HELP!" thread in the Tech Forum.
The distributor has a gremlin....I have dropped the timing to 15* base/from the 24* I mistakenly set it to the other day.....
and the engine STILL kills IMMEDIATELY WHEN I connect the vacuum advance to manifold vacuum!
I'm going to visit my "HELP!" thread in the Tech Forum.
Gunner, if you keep frying modules, between the cost and your time maybe step back and take a look at getting a new distributor.
Good luck
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