The 283 Rebuild Begins

[Desert1957]

Hey Mac,
Don't forget the pen and paper so you can draft another creative story why you didn't get it running.....LMAO!

I left this thread 2 months ago , just came back to check in and guess what? S.O.S......

Just find it hard to understand some of the reasons , "Had to Re-bend my trans-lines" (2 week delay) , "couldn't find copper line for my oil pressure gauge"..(2 Week delay) and multiple replies about kids,Dogs,Work,Weather..

and ON and ON and ON.....WTF?

Quit being a lilttle Girl , Take the stupid tarp off it , put fuel in it , charge the battery and light that P.O.S. 283 up!!!!

Jesus Christ I could have had that thing running in a friggen Snow Storm by now!

Desert

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by Desert1957

and ON and ON and ON.....WTF?

Quit being a lilttle Girl , Take the stupid tarp off it , put fuel in it , charge the battery and light that P.O.S. 283 up!!!!

Jesus Christ I could have had that thing running in a friggen Snow Storm by now!

(wish I could say something - but I can't)

Mac.

[joe231]

dunno, but that sounds mean spirited there Desert.....
I'm calling Oprah ad Dr. Phil on you

Mac, your pics are killing me over here

you got a giant cache of those or do you find them online as you need them?

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by joe231

Mac, your pics are killing me over here

you got a giant cache of those or do you find them online as you need them?

The Great and Powerful Oz never reveals his secrets!

[Desert1957]

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Just Kidding , Trying to relight the spark under Mac.

Desert

[Desert1957]

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Just Kidding , Trying to relight the spark under Mac.

Desert

[protrash64]

I hafta agree with Joe on those pics, Mac....I think they're better than the smileys.

[shrunken66stroker]

Originally Posted by MacAttack

True dat.

But like the guys here at the shop, I should have sold tickets to this event - like when you go to the drags. They all say half the reason they go is to hear the AA fuelers light off and they think, somehow, my starting of this 44 year old pick-up ASAP is going to feed that primal need.

Mac.

I enjoy the way my eyes burn from the nitro methane.

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by shrunken66stroker

I enjoy the way my eyes burn from the nitro methane.

True enough. I also like watching the the little pebbles moving around on the ground in the pits when the big cars fire off. Unfortunately, what might occur tomorrow morning is a about 7,800 horse power short of what Mr. Force's rig produces.

[Desert1957]

Hey Mac,
Can we get one of those "Mission Control" countdown clocks? Or maybe just a link off the NASA web page. So everyone can see when to tune in....

Desert

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by Desert1957

Hey Mac, Can we get one of those "Mission Control" countdown clocks?

Like this..........?

[Captainfab]

Originally Posted by MacAttack

Like this..........?

For someone who goes thru a lot more trouble than most to take and post pics of their project, you sure seem to find all sorts of cool and interesting pics on the web!

[TimE]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

For someone who goes thru a lot more trouble than most to take and post pics of their project, you sure seem to find all sorts of cool and interesting pics on the web!

Your pics are definitely entertaining Mac.

[Desert1957]

Mac,

What does the Mission Control clock say?......T minus?????????

Desert

[joe231]

IS IT RUNNING YET or IIRY


I know cali is 2 hours behind us....

[MacAttack]

Gas flowing, batteries cranking, HEI hotwired perfectly,

Much Fire From The 2-Barrel!

[sidthirteen]

Don't worry Mac it's just a "burp"....

[joe231]

timing off?

dizzy 180* out?

[Desert1957]

Come on you WINNIE , pic yourself up and try again. One failed no start is not going to buy you 2 more months of posting , Its only worth about the time you stopped to come here and post this. Get your Butt back outside and fire that POS up!

Desert

[shrunken66stroker]

I know you're not just sitting on the couch today Mac. Any rumblings from project slow-mo?

[daverod]

Slow-mo thats so wrong

[MacAttack]

Don’t know what it is guys - stabbed the distributor just like I did with the Chevelle’s crate motor. Just doesn’t want to go. As I’ve stated a couple of times before - I’ve got a single weekly window of two hours on Saturday morning for this stuff, and no matter what we did, or where we moved the HEI - all it did was pop back through the carburator.

We rechecked the harmonic balancer mark with the compression reading on cylinder number one again - and it’s right where it should be (TDC). Because of other employment and family commitments on the weekends - it is what it is and I won’t be able to even look at it again until Saturday.

Personally, I think it’s all the negative karma by some in this forum:

Originally Posted by Desert1957

Get your Butt back outside and fire that POS up!Desert

[joe231]

man I have been throwing all the positive karma west that I can manage...maybe it made a wrong turn at Albuquerque

[jason65]

Have you tried rotateing your plugwires clockwise 1 spot and playing with the timing?

[MacAttack]

Originally Posted by jason65

Have you tried rotateing your plugwires clockwise 1 spot and playing with the timing?

No, no I haven't Jason. And that sounds most logical. It's either 1 spot off or 180 off (less likely). If it's 180 off - it could be trying to fire on the exhaust stroke(?) That's all I can think of in that regard, and I've heard that from dozens of guys before, but this thing almost sounds like it wants to go - but I just can't crank the distributor over far enough.

Good input buddy.

(not like that other guy)



(Buddha's pissed)

Mac.