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Well I will revisit the surge tank in the morning. I have her one. The ramps...butt all in the air! Going to drop the fuel cell. Check the sending unit out and blow out the lines. I am ready for a ride with no issues.
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Okay I quick update out of all the stuff I've done to try to get this car to run right The last thing was I electrolysis the fuel tank did a fuel liner on the inside and ran a hard line fuel return from the carburetor to the tank. The next morning it did the exact same thing as it was doing before as I was pouring gasoline on it My wife stopped me from throwing a match.... No but for real I've been telling myself it's got to be something simple that I'm missing. Everybody on the interweb says that the passenger side port on an elderbrock is for your vacuum advance. This is true if you have admissions control / computer if not the driver side port goes to the vacuum advance on your distributor! Now it runs like a brand new car. Hopefully I've been on a short drives today we go for a long drive wish me luck
Motor on but on the fresh air setting. Planning on replacing my exhaust system this winter and most definitely adding the heat shields. I now understand leaving the hard top on or the rag top up when it's blazing hot. I may be a bit of a red neck but I don't need it to be because of a sunburn and wide brimmed hats don't go well in an open convertible.
I hear you on that especially the redneck I'm more along the lines of a civilized hillbilly to put it nicely. But for real I believe my whole system was stripped out before I got it I don't see a heater core a compressor motor any of that All I have is the controls and the dash. But on a different note what do you know about brake lights or the headlights like the flicker whenever I'm at idle but they were great solid and bright the whole way to work the other morning on the highway kind of confusing
Sounds like the voltage regulator. I've seen cars from the 70's have the brake lights cycle from dim to bright at stop lights before they switched to electronic regulators. There are 3 mechanical points under the cover and the shop manual tells how to adjust them. May even take a point file to them and clean them up as sometimes they will burn if improperly jumped or corrosion from lack of use.
first thing I would do is change out the coil. and get rid of the points system. then u might want to replace or clean out the fuel tank. I did on mine and alos put in a new sending unit. start fresh. its easy to put in another fuel cell and of cours new filters one in line between carb and fuel pum and the other in side the fuel pump. fresh is good.
also I put a holley on mine. runs great.
