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The bolts are all tight, should I loosen/retighten em all?

#1 was at tdc idk what stroke, it seemed to start idle good and rotor was at #1.

Compression stroke is when it pushes your finger off sparkplug hole right?

And do I NEED an adj. vac. adv.?

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check the gaskets on the headers/manifold if they are blown out or cracked.
yes, when it pops you finger off.
you are plugging your vacuum advance line going to your dist. when setting the timing right?

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Yes pluggin the vac.line going to dizzy and I was supposed to have been plugging the vacumn port on the carberator too (which i wasnt doing, so i hope thats why I was getting a false reading?..)

They are new dounuts, but I didnt tighten it up all evenly, I ran 1 nut down, then the next, then next then tightened em all up good ;)

my mom is picking up a msd cap/rotor for me THANK YOU MOMMY lol

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New cap/rotor

Carberator after rebuild (still need to put the side linkage on, anyone got a pic of edelbrock 600 left side pic)

Still need to do some adjustments on the outside of it.

And I need to get my motor back at TDC #1 Compression stroke

Can i bump the motor over with no dizzy? (No oil pumping oil)

Thanks

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nice work;)

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How big is your cam? This is gonna sound like a silly question but are you positive that both of your marks are lined up exactly right on your timing chain set?

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the dots, yes i was paying attention still at that point (drove 1 hr north of me to assemble my bottom end with the machinest who was an older guy maybe 50s/.60s)

The top sprocket dot was at the bottom, the lil sprocket at the bottom the dot was at the top

Anyone know if I can bump the motor over with no dizzy, is that ok/safe?

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i hope that thing gets runnin good!

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Yep, you can bump it over with the distributor out

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So far not so good, anyhow ima get it sometime, ive got a 3 day weekend...

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once you get it runnin right (which i have faith that you will) youll hafta post a video. i wanna hear that thing idle!!!!!

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im glad you have faith in me lol!

it sounds WICKED at idle :)

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thumpr cam right?

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yessir!

ill try to get a vid. morrow for ya if u tell me how to make it get on here

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hahah welll someone else will hafta help ya with that one

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ok the shaft in the dizzy was stuck with grease dirt and the springs wernt flingin lol

tomorow:

pull bed and work on gas filler/vent
springs/check timing
new plug wires/looms
finish carberator/install tune

i got a bad burn on my finger from exhaust...owch

oh i did a few small burnouts....this thing doesnt have the power it should have still though..it does run much berrer though

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:wop::josh::josh::josh::josh:

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Well im eating cracker barrel n manchester if your truck was runnin good i could buy ur dinner:lol:

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hey cool can i join:wop:

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awww gee, not this weekend, maybe next, ya take a raincheck lol?

I had to pull the bed to cut some more off the braces, i couldnt fill the truck up caused it leaked and it was a bad design, so i spent 2.5 hrs cutting with pliers, hammer chizel grinder sawsall cutoff wheel (my gf dad did it the 1st time with torch, SO much easier lol) i'll try to get pictures after church morrow...

u drive your truck to manchester this evening? i think they have a cruise in pretty soon or maybe tonite it was idk lol

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^no i drove my daily driver we was just cruisin around ;)

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:whine: you make me miss my projects

:bo2:
your project has come a long ways! I'm very impressed. Sad about the accident but then again, things happen for a reason.......helped with the funding of the restore :) :clap:

:c2::chevy:
will continue to watch your thread, as I now head out in search of another project lol.

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Yeah, I cant wait till its back on the road im really gettin tired to working on it constantly..

Ive still gotta get the timing crap set right, get my 600 edelbrock on (finished, anyone have a side pic of edelbrock manual choke carbertor?). And do a gas filler for my blazer tank, ive got one in the floor now but it leaks etc and is a crappy idea..ugh. I pulled the 69-72 trim off today i guess i'll throw it in the barn and save it for another truck if i ever finish this one..Im thinkin bout spray bombin my orange bed blue to match the truck lol...idk I may roll it out and wash it and get pics idk..im searchin for blazer tank fillers now, thinkin thru the backup light..but will have to somehow trim inside stakepocker

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You might try Edelbrock's website.