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Originally Posted by Hollow65
Really dig that color
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Thanks, it’s a nice orange. I will wash it up once I can drive it and post some photos of it’s current state. Which isn’t all that great now that the clear started to flake off.
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Originally Posted by nail pounder
Your distributor looks good. Those are just throttle return springs, so basically hook them anywhere so that when you let off the go pedal the springs pull it closed. Usually there are two, just in case one breaks. ALL gas in CA has 10% ethanol unless you got it a marina or something. I can't even let my lawn mower sit over the winter without it gumming up the carb. Ethanol attracts moisture, my bet is your gas is bad. Do a Google search on ethanol in fuel and you'll learn a ton. It also boils at a lower temp, I've had to put a carb spacer on both of mine to keep from boiling gas on 100° days.
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Is it normal that the spark is hitting the edge of the contact points and it the center? Could I run some additive through the fuel tank to clean it out or do I have to clean the carb again?
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Originally Posted by Steeveedee
Inside the cap looks fine. There doesn't appear to be any carbon tracking anywhere. Look at the bottom of the rotor to see if there is any discoloration, like burning. That is a common problem with the HEI and a lot of miles- the spark will strike the rotor and burn through to ground on the distributor shaft.
Both springs attach in the same place. One is a smaller diameter and is inside the larger diameter spring. I'd recommend replacing those springs. They look pretty stretched beyond their elastic limit and should be a smaller diameter wire with a lot more loops. Having too high a spring tension can cause the throttle plate to wear excessively. To minimize that wear, the springs should attach to the linkage instead of the throttle lever whenever possible.
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I will pop the cap off and check out the rotor. Last I had it off, it looked similar to the cap. Didn’t really notice any burn marks but I also didn’t really look for any.
All carb work and distributor assembly is new, has about 15 minutes of idle time on it. Just say for about a year and a half.
I will find some new springs and install them if these look wore out.
The one spring that was still complete, does have a lot of tension on it.
Thanks all.
Edit: I think this may be related with a wiring issue as well.
Until today, the truck has started okay. About 5 pumps of gas and it fired up. But if I would step on the gas all the way, it would bog down and sometimes pick up the revs and other times die.
Today, messing with the wiring, I knocked something loose, not sure what it was, or if it’s even wiring related! But the truck would start for half a second and shut off. I slammed the hood shut thinking something came loose and hoping the hood slamming would knock whatever it was back into place. Well it did and the truck fired right up and I gave it 2 quick revs and the revs were so crisp and spot on. After that I shut it off and slammed the hood again and it went back to it’s starting for half a second and shutting off issue.
Has anyone ever heard of something similar to this?
Thanks again and happy New Year.