Recent content by slantsixdan

I'm seeing the same four front-back indentations on the Spectra Premium CR11C as on the 2nd pic…it's just the Spectra tank also has a transverse indendation (for '67-down transverse fuel tank straps). Doesn't look to me as if the transverse indent would interfere with using the front-to-back...

I agree that the shudder-up-to-30 is the ball & trunnion front U-joint telling on itself. Can't recommend putting money-effort-time into rebuilding the B&T U-joint at this late date. The housing (trunnion) itself is probably worn, and now you're talking Money. Better and more future-proof...

Blue smoke on rev like that seconds the request for a compression test. Get a compression tester. Make sure the battery's charged up. Remove all six spark plugs. Remove the multiwire connector from the ignition control module over on the driver's-side inner fender. Remove the throttle...

Yup, go spend some time on those "tune-up parts" and "Carb manuals" links I posted. Time to do some maintenance. Also, given those starter sounds, I'd put a compression test on the to-do list.

All engines have a mechanical valve actuation system; guessing he means solid (vs. hydraulic). You have hydraulics, you said.

Yup, your choke pushrod and choke thermostat have been brutalized, and your choke thermostat is sitting all cattywompus. Probably happened when someone put on that '71 (+70 California) Carter BBS carburetor in place of the original Holley 1920. Good swap, but neatness counts, and that choke...

Make sure your choke is working correctly. Refer to this article, but note that the not-very-good '73 factory choke thermostat is not adjustable like the '72-down ones. Make sure the choke pushrod hasn't been bent/brutalized; it should be in a neat, straightened-out-letter-Z shape. If your choke...

H'mmm. How 'bout one of the existing bolt bosses on the cylinder head, facing the sky, between the valve cover and manifolds? The engine-lift bosses, I mean.

Yeah, Elon Musk likes to pretend he invented that thing all by himself. FALSE! I had one in the early-mid '80s. Drove it regularly:

All currently-production new switches are Taiwanese or Chinese. If you want olde-tyme quality, hit up Old Car Parts Northwest or eBay for a new old stock American or Canadian switch. You don't need to pay Hemi Performance prices or postage from Australia for the multiwire connector; see here...

That's not actually so.

Because the distributor is like, As long as you got the curves, baby, I got the angles!!

You're reminding me of the time, decades ago, when I set up a completely unstable pile of cinderblocks and bricks and caliper, put two long HD screwdrivers across from each other in the piston groove, and stood/jumped on the screwdriver handles to pry the extremely stuck pistons out from a pair...

Okeh, sure. But "That ain't gonna fit" is a completely different thing than "It don't work well if the distributor is tilted".

Yeah, no, that's not a thing.