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  1. Zac Shumard

    bad coil or ECU ?

    Not seeing a link?? But I will look at this. Unknown for sure the choke is open all the way and it's getting plenty of fuel (obviously) lol I have adjusted the air fuel mix screws IN until it starts to run a little rough.. Then backed them back out a half a turn .. But some more info on the...
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    bad coil or ECU ?

    AND does anyone have a link to replacing the pick up coil and Reluctor ? sorry for all the "newbie" questions but I am learning lol. and is this an easy swap and "gap" while the Dizzy is still in the motor or should I just pull it and check everything? .. this is kind of the last thing I could...
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    bad coil or ECU ?

    I'm kinda leaning towards the distributor or pick up coil as it seems to have a slight miss the whole time? and like I said EVERYTHING is new .. plugs wires cap rotor ballast resistor voltage reg. ECU ... all brand new. also my plugs are black and "sooty"
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    bad coil or ECU ?

    ok so I replaced the coil, and still does it..I ran a ground wire from my ECU to the Rad support (where the factory ground already was) and all of a sudden my gas and temp gauge work lol!! but still seems to load up and die after its warmed up once I put it in reverse or drive. does fine until...
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    bad coil or ECU ?

    also plugs look black "rich?" and it does seem to load up and have to hold peddle to the floor to get it fired back up .. but if the coil is bad and its not burning off the fuel would this be normal ?
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    bad coil or ECU ?

    OK .. 72 Duster 318 all stock (auto) 2 barrel Carter Just rebuilt, resurfaced, rebushed by a VERY reputable guy.. runs great. the problem I'm having is the car starts up and runs good and idles ok and idles ok in gear as well. but after driving it around for 10 mins it wants to die at a stop...
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    72 Gold Duster color combo?

    Hey guys I'm a newb here at FABO .. had a question, does anyone know ROUGHLY about how many 72 Gold Dusters had my color combo? Sherwood Green with gold tail light stripe and gold canopy top ? after much internet research the only and I mean ONLY other photo I could find of this color combo was...
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    Long time lurker , first time 72 duster owner

    I agree , sherwood green with the gold tail light stripe and it had the gold canopy top , anyone have any idea how many of these gold dusters were offered in this color combo ? the only one I can find on the internet was in a movie called "the house on skull mountain" This is Literally the ONLY...
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    Long time lurker , first time 72 duster owner

    couple of pics .. one is the mud puddle we had to load it up on lol and the other would be its first bath in quite a few years
  10. Zac Shumard

    Long time lurker , first time 72 duster owner

    hey thanks guys !! it mostly needs the carter BBD rebuilt or replaced .. rebuilt it twice and still runs bad. I have a holley 600 and offenhauser intake for it that I may just give in and put on it ? charging system is not working but pretty sure it just needs the voltage Reg and it should be ok...
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    Long time lurker , first time 72 duster owner

    Hi folks just joined and thought I'd practice my posting skills here. I'm Zac from Dayton Ohio and just picked up this 72 Gold Duster from Louisville KY. It's a 318 car and needs a few things to get on the road ... Soon :)
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