5 quick operation and Maintenance Qs

Voeltagear said

Timing seems to be a non issue at this point. Still seems lean. Did you ever put vacuum to the vacuum advance with a hand vacuum pump to see if it holds. Should not leak down at all. I know you checked but worth one more good look over for ANY vacuum leaking. Including the choke pull off diaphragm.

Then you will need to dive into the carb for more fuel. Thorough cleaning of the jets- look real close inside too make sure there is no gunk or oxidation hanging around.

Another thing to investigate while looking under the hood is if the air is actually flowing through the radiator or is there an obvious path for the air to flow around. maybe put a light under the hood at night and look in the front with the hood closed. I also looked at my fan and realized I am running a steel flex fan, not the original solid fan. Something to look at I guess.

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My fan is a plastic flexible fan. It seems to move a lot of air. I'll see what I can find with the vacuum lines. I don't have a hand pump, but I have a bypass line on a compressor I use for vacuum bagging parts. Maybe that will work with the regulator turned down?

I took the carb apart a while ago and redid the gaskets, and the fuel pump was torn a bit, so I replaced that, but the fuel pathway seemed clear. This carb was rather simple looking when I took it apart, not very many pieces. What do I do to make it let a little more fuel lose? Specifically. The carb was unnaturally clean inside. Looked almost brand new.

Also for air moving around the radiator, I would think the two holes behind my turn signal lights, and the area below the radiator. Also the hood tends to shake on the freeway, so I'm assuming it could be lifting up a bit, but every adjustment I've made seems to not lock it down better. Perhaps I'm missing some adjustment component up at the rad support frame.