Recent content by Orangepeel isreal

I looked a bit on the web and sifted through this forum some but didn't see anything. Is there a fuel tank bigger than the normal 16gal out there that fits a 72 dart? Also, if there's a thread on this that I couldn't find, feel free to just throw a link up. Thanks!

Update: I took a few days off from the car to give myself a fresh set of eyes and hands so as not to assume or skip over something. Borrowed a compression tester so I could know for sure I was at compression tdc, was deliberate in checking all the plug wires were going to the right places and...

I'll be putting it all back to how it originally was tonight. Are there better quality points and condensers out there on the market so this would be less of a concern? I have 3 or 4 sets of points but what's the reasoning behind keeping a spare that may or may not work in the glovebox? I'd...

Something to note about my distributor is that the correct replacement rotor is different than the one that is on there now. The replacement rotor won't even slide over the notch to seat correctly, so there is something fishy going on. But I'm just going to put all the old stuff back in and put...

I never claimed I know everything there is to know. But I do know how to read. I said I don't need to repeat myself for the 3rd time in a 10 comment long thread. Gleaning valuable information that you provided is very helpful and I appreciate the info and the effort to type that info. Answering...

I really do appreciate your effort on your previous comment. I don't feel the need to repeat myself for the 3rd time on how I set the points gap per factory spec with a feeler gauge. Or what condition a new distributor cap is in. It's a relatively short comment thread. I have taken note of the...

I said halfway in the window. And the window being .017 to .023. Halfway is .02

No. Engine did not move. I will definitely try turning the rotor 180° tomorrow when I'm done with work though. No harm in trying that.

Good call, thanks for the help, bud.

I guess I'm having a mental lapse in conceptualizing this. Of course this solution has come up many times on other posts related to the same thing. So it has nothing to with having left the motor as is while I took the distributor out and screwed with it.. cuz I was spinning it willy nilly on...

May 2nd 2013 I took the snowmobile out cuz we got almost 2 feet of snow that day. The only consistancy is lack of consistency.

It was beautiful spring weather for a couple weeks, but now I'm back to driving the truck until the fresh layer of chemicals and sand get off the road :/

No, I used a feeler gauge to gap them right in the middle of the spec window (.02)

The only part of that list I don't have is a timing light. I'm not totally incompetent, but I am cheap, so if i know multiple friends with timing lights then I'm not going to run out and buy one.