Recent content by perko

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had a good solution for transporting mountain bikes with a duster. I used to be able to fit my downhill bike in the trunk with the wheel off, but my new trail bike is longer and lower and slacker. I've seen some cool drip rail mounted vintage repo racks...

So just to follow up, I think it was a combination of problems. The nesting grommets were leaking. I glued them together and they are good now. I adjusted the timing a little and it really like that. The hardest one to track down was a charging problem though. I was intermittently getting...

Hi everyone, I thought i'd ask for some help tracking down a vacuum leak. My duster stalls when i put it in gear. It was intermittent but its getting more and more common. I tested for a vacuum leak with carb cleaner but didn't get anything. I unattached the brake booster vacuum line and...

Thank you everyone for the advice! For those who were asking, yes its a 4 barrel with a dual plane intake and 2" dual exhaust and factory manifolds. I'd really just like to just make it a little faster around town i'm not trying to race it or anything. I have no idea what cam is in it now...

thanks for the info. does anyone have any specific brands/cams they suggest?

The gears are 3.21 (8 1/4) The tires are stock sized or pretty close to. I intend to replace the springs as well. pretty sure its just the stock converter. its got a 904 transmission now, but I do have a spare 727. Thanks for the help.

Hello, I was starting to replace a leaky timing cover gasket and realized that I'm half way to a cam swap. I was looking for cam suggestions, but haven't really found any good threads on my setup. if you could be so kind. I've got a 73 duster 1967 318 out of a charger, this means it came...

73 duster with a 318. Like the title says the radio turns off for 3 seconds every time i hit the blinker. I found the problem, just thought id' put this up here if anyone else is experiencing the same thing. I just put up with it for a while because I didn't want to chase down electrical...

weird. The mark is dead on at TDC. Its a 67 motor with a 73 timing cover and ballancer though. Maybe that's why. The 67s had the mark on the other side of the engine.

Hi all, I've been trying to time my 318 after I put on a new carb and intake but I think that the balancer has slipped or something because I can't even see the timing mark with my gun. I've seen some information about timing an engine with a vacuum gauge on the internet so I gave it a try...

final update: project was on hold for a long time due to weather and life. Turns out it WAS the distributor I just screwed something up with the test. Also, right after i installed the new distributor It ran for like ten seconds and then the coil went out so i thought i'd screwed something...

I've got a tool i made of air compressor parts that threads into the spark plug hole so that I can feel the compression. I'm almost certain its on the compression stroke. Its a stock electronic ignition so there's no points but Its gota be close enough to fire off. I guess I'll make sure sure...

the cap points more or less towards the #1 intake manifold bolt. It does look a little more clockwise than I remember but I might bust be imagining things. firing order is correct. i keep checking it.

Hey sorry for not keeping up on this post. I got really sick. Anyway. I got a video of whats happening. just to catch everyone up... What i have done - Installed new distributor (I think the pickup on the old one was bad but the whole thing was rusty and gross) - Confirmed TDC using a...

yeah it was running ok before. I'll try to get a video later. its kind of hard to reproduce the noise. Maybe I'm just a dumbass and i did something wrong with the distributor install. I'll look at it with fresh eyes. Thanks for the help.