OK, back to it tonight. Had a neighbor who is mechanically very good with cars come over and assist with the timing. After getting it ...   04-27-2007 02:15 am

Judson Manning wrote: The short answer is NO you probably haven't screwed anything up, aside from too much gas washing the oil off the rings ...   04-26-2007 07:05 pm

Judson Manning wrote: If I read you post correctly, 3 is firing at 10^ BTDC? Firing order is: 1 & 4 at 10^ BTDC 3 & 2 at 10^ ...   04-26-2007 05:26 pm

about the cylinder not firing (cyl 2).........when I remove the plug it appears very fouled, wet and such. is there too much gas in the cylinder ...   04-26-2007 02:52 am

Well its running........................................................................rough. Sounds like one cylinder is missing. But the good thing is the engine actually runs, never thought I'd hear it again. Just thought I'd let ...   04-26-2007 02:44 am

Thanks John, your website is awesome....full of info. While I was sligtly rotating the dist., i noticed drips of gas......obviously coming from the carbs. Is this ...   04-25-2007 06:32 pm

Yeah sorry man, didn't mean to get all pissed....I'm just frustrated with this whole project. But I gotta keep going. I'll keep everyone posted. Thanks again. ...   04-25-2007 12:09 pm

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Got everything put back together after the inevitable time consuming process. Plug 1 and 3 firing perfectly at 10 BTDC. But the engine won't crank......argh. Adjust the ...   04-25-2007 12:51 am

Alright fellas, with your advice I was able to get the pertronix in that last 1/4"! Got the cap on after some struggle and am now ...   04-24-2007 01:04 am

Thanks Greg for the insight. I guess its the same experience we have going on here because I'm on the verge of crazy. But I'm going to ...   04-23-2007 05:43 pm

And some random spring that fell out of the hole that the distributor goes in..... what is this? ...   04-22-2007 08:03 pm

A picture showing the gap that just wont' go in..... ...   04-22-2007 08:02 pm

After a few more hours of fruitless effort and frustration I still have yet to get the new distributor in. It's quite unbelievable. So I decided to ...   04-22-2007 08:01 pm

Thanks Judson for all the help! The distributor is out and I'm trying to get the new one in. Like you said my knuckles won't like it. ...   04-22-2007 05:04 am

Jensen Healey wrote: It will be way off. Do a static timing before you try to start the engine. Kurt This may be a totally ignorant question, ...   04-21-2007 03:36 am

So once its installed timing is going to be way off? ...   04-21-2007 12:56 am

I'm in the middle of installing the pertronix distributor in my 74 JH. Everything is at TDC, the old one is out and I've positioned the ...   04-20-2007 10:53 pm

Judson Manning wrote: Mitch, You might want to install an aftermaket water temp gauge.  The stock water and fuel gauge run off a 9V regulator that ...   02-28-2007 02:16 pm

Ah, that sucks...I was hoping it was just gonna be the spark plug. I'm going to check it tomorrow. I'm too cold to venture outside ...   02-01-2007 02:55 am

Alright thanks for the advice.... I recently used one of those tapping bits to help clean out the threads because the spark plug wouldn't go in ...   02-01-2007 12:06 am

Anyone ever see oil bubbling from a spark plug? Its just kind of seeping out it seems. Any ideas? ...   01-31-2007 10:46 pm

Ever since I bought my car the speedometer has not worked correctly, i.e., bounced around and was about 20 mph over the speed that I ...   01-25-2007 12:59 am

nevermind............ ...   01-24-2007 09:34 pm

class="post"Hi everyone, new member here, and I apologize in advance for the long post.... I realize that there are many other threads with topics similar ...   06-25-2006 03:13 am