66 slammed hearse

[Captainfab]

I agree with Jon in part. It sounds like a fuel problem to begin with. But the latter doesn't sound too good. Have you tried spinning #1 to TDC and see where your distributor is at, and your rocker arms as well? Do you have spark at all?

[kdrodworks316]

I havent had a chance to really dig deep, I'm going to attack it this weekend and get to the bottom of it. I will keep you all in the loop. I dont think fuel, getting plenty to the carb, big squirts.....

[Alan's Classic]

If it is a points dist. I would check the end play in the dist. That will affect points gap. I had it happen to me. It was running fine then all of the sudden it ran like a timing problem. Checked the dwell on the points and readjusted thinking something just slipped. A few miles later doing the same thing. Found the dist shaft wore out in the housing. replaced dist and ran great.

[kdrodworks316]

well between my newly aquired back injury and the flu, I havent got much done on the burb. Also I've had some issues going on at the kd ranch. Got home off the truck at 3:30 am saturday morning to find my house was 29 degrees inside, later to find my gas had been shut off for no good reason. So with the help of Jared, we got it fired back up. Then, to make the weekend even better, I got a notice from the good ol IRS to tell me im getting audited! Oh goodie! the problem there is that during my fantasticly enjoyable divorce, my ex wife had a fire and burned almost everything I had. Shop paperwork, tax records, reciets, clothes and a bunch of other things. So basicly I'm good and screwed, but I will keep you all updated

[jonzcustomshop]

sounds like the only way you can go now is up!
hope every thing turns out o.k.

[Captainfab]

X2

Originally Posted by jonzcustomshop

sounds like the only way you can go now is up!
Hope every thing turns out o.k.

[soba_03]

KD,

Here is an experience that I had. After the new motor in my 68 upon the initial run to break it in. I'm running it about 2500rpm everything sounds good then all of a sudden BOOM BANG POP CLATTER SPUTTER Dead. Of course everything in the world went through my head. FTLOG what did I do or not do? That was the question.

What I found sounds very much like what you may have. IF it's an HEI You need battery voltage to properly operate the ignition system. IN my case two problems took place, an unsecured ground wire and short to header pipe. Here is how it played out.

The unsecured ground was for the alternator, with out this ground no battery charging was taking place I was running off battery. OK no big issue until starter wire got against the header tube then all my juice left in the battery went racing out to try and burn a hole in the header..LOL Once I identified said problems everything worked out flawlessly....

Just a couple things to ponder while trying to work out your issues with the Hearse...

Regards!

[kdrodworks316]

Wow, its been over a month since Ive been on the board! Where has the time gone? Just posting to let all my buddies know I'm still alive

[RunninLo]

I knew you were fine. You have just been sooo busy with all those Ceaser Milan signature series dog training guides and your new best friend to have much time left over for us

Josh

[kdrodworks316]

Guess who's back, 'ol KD's back! Well its been awhile, over 3 months since i've posted or even been on the board for that matter. Not much has changed in the KD ranch as of late. The hearse is still dead in the back yard, the IRS still sucks !#$@%#@, I'm still a trucker. The good news is that I'm going to fix the hearse and my bro in law just came into a FAST 70 c-10, so I'm betting he will become a member of our fine board very soon. We all know I'm not great with posting pics, so I will get my in house photogragher on the job asap. Its ugly, kinda in primer, and scary fast. As in runs like a scalded dog fast. So since you all know I'm alive and kickin still, my back is still messed up, which slows me down a bit. The IRS stole $2882 from me for no real good reason, which I'm good and pissed about. Obama screwed me out of my $8000 tax credit for buying a home, so that was a waste of time and money. Ted nugent is still not a presidental candidate, so I'm still not voting. My poor old dad is still out of a job because of this crap economy. I still have a job, if thats what you call putting in 20 hour days and someone give you some pennies and expects you to pay all your bills.

The best news I have is I'm finally a full time daddy, I got full custody of my little boy. After thousands of dollars and lots of stress, I pryed him from the evil clutches of his mother. He's starting school in the fall, and he want to be a trucker like his daddy. Boy I hope not!

I finally am starting to pick up the pieces of the life I had that crumbled into roadside dust as I fly down the asphalt jungle losing my a$$ at every corner. Its starting to resemble something worth living again and I can finally get back to enjoying my classic chevy iron, instead of worrying if I'm going to have to cut it in half to prevent a visous woman from stealing it from me and my son. The hearse is safe and sound inprisoned in my compound like backyard. Thanks to my friends in montana, The RLC family has taken me into thier family and treats me as thier own. Mr. RLC has hooked me up with much of the air system to get the dragger laid out and bagged. I swapped a notch from another board member, Daverod, who is a really cool feller himself with an awesome project truck.

I seem to be going off in mindless ramblings now, so I will close now. Hello again to all of my friends, Kd's back in business!

[daverod]

Good to see your back on track. I had my tach working then I went and switched to a HEI. I haven't hooked it back up yet. I think I need somthing to clip it to 9 volts. Glad you got your boy. To bad about the thieves @#* feds. It can only get better from here.

[monolith]

Good to hear things are turning about.

Can't wait to see pics of that hearse on the road again.

[jonzcustomshop]

good top see you post, I was just talking to josh about you yesterday.

[kdrodworks316]

I thought my ears were burning Jon, lol. Its been a long time, we need to hang out again soon. Thanks for al the kind words everyone

[Captainfab]

Hey I was just thinking about you a couple days ago. Glad to hear there is at least a little brightness in your life. Like daverod said 'It can only get better'

You still driving for Crapo?

[kdrodworks316]

Hey capt, yep I'm still driving for Crapo's, Its a good job if it would pick up a bit. I think about you everytime I go over the mountain to your end of the state. I dont get much time to stop and chat anymore. How are things going for you?

[Captainfab]

I'm hanging in there....got a few things going on. Still working on that '67 too.

Originally Posted by kdrodworks316

Hey capt, yep I'm still driving for Crapo's, Its a good job if it would pick up a bit. I think about you everytime I go over the mountain to your end of the state. I dont get much time to stop and chat anymore. How are things going for you?

[kdrodworks316]

Well would anyone like an update on the hearse problems? Good I thought so. Well me and my right hand man Jared dug into it today and my magic wiring guru jared discovered the stupid ballast resistor was bad. $7 later all fixed and running like a top once again! thanks to Jared for his time and expertice

[joe231]

nice to see you KD!!

[kdrodworks316]

Did you get a new toy Joe? whats up with the square body crew in you av?

[joe231]

yes sir!
there is a link to the build thread in my sig...
I'm trying to get it on the road by the 15th.

[jonzcustomshop]

kd- thought you would like this:

[61_FL_Apache]

Originally Posted by jonzcustomshop

kd- thought you would like this:

Nice!

[MikeS.]

2.5 years since we've heard from ol KD, did he fall off the Earth? I sure hope not! I'd like to see some pics of the Burb hearse finished up.

Come back KD come back.
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[64shortbox]

I love this thread. But then again I'm kind of a warped individual. 22' long, 5" off the ground, 6,680 lbs empty, 472 CI & 10 MPG,