Engine Troubles...

[RHGuyettejr]

Originally Posted by trevrolet65

Realy, I would make sure you hitting on all 8 before investing money into it. Sounds like that thing was missing in the video. I could be wrong, but running on 7 cylinders will full you if you have'nt had much experience. I had one running on six, still cherp the tires, just a thought.

I agree with you, in person it sounded like it was missing, however it would come in cycles, seemed as though it would start to recover, then it would start missing again. it did get better when i plugged the manifold leak, however the only difference it seemed to make was decreasing idle speed.

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Definately get a vaccum gauge & dwell meter as mentioned before, those tools are imperative to tuning a carbourated engine with points ignition. The points gap should be around .019"(I think old timers used to use a match book to set the points gap). On the distributor shaft you'll see a hexagon shape(thats 8 sides right?) where it makes contact with the block on the points housing/frame. Also, make sure there's lube behind the block where it makes contact with the distributor shaft. Spin your engine over by hand until the high part of the distributor shaft is opening the points. Set the gap, put everything back together & than start the engine. Open the window on the cap & set your dwell as mentioned before. This picture is of a mallory points distributor but the concept is the same. Hope this helps.