67 GTS 4-Speed: Daily Summer Driver

This past weekend I was able to make it back and get a little more work done. I got the coolant in the engine, made sure the spark plugs were in and connected to the right wires, tightened up most of the exhaust, and hooked up the fuel pump to a fuel source and let it Rip!!

and the starter wasnt working... The starter would spin but not engage the flywheel. Needless to say I was pretty pissed and was about to walk away from the whole thing (getting that starter in and out is a major ordeal), when I realized I had that same starter in there and cranking the engine before. So I disconnected the solenoid wire, connected another wire and was still having a similar issue until the starter started to engage the flywheel!! After multiple cranks it started right up!! it sounds nice! I wanted to warm the engine up and make sure it all sounded good and I could shift through the gears. Well I was able to shift through the gears, and let me tell you, it is smoooooooth!

I tried to upload a video, but it does not allow it...

However my run had to be cut short because the carb was PISSING out fuel! It is a remanufactured holley my dad tried running on the polara back when he put the 440 in it around 2005 or so. He claimed it always ran rich and could never get it to run right, so he took it off and installed an AVS and never looked back. He thought it had something to do with the floats. Now seeing how the fuel was coming out of the "hose connection" above the fuel bowl, and seeing when I put my finger over it the fuel shot out of the top of the carb, I am guessing the needle valve is sticking open. Any ideas? If that is the case I hope a rebuild can take care of it and its not something wrong with the casting... only time will tell!

so seeing how there is now a fuel issue I am going to move forward with the rear end stuff and brake stuff. Get that underway because once that is done, its ready to drive. So keep working on the car and researching on how to fix that carb issue.

But its getting closer!!!