1972 Dodge Colt
I got the Colt ready to start this morning.
I have a Chrysler electronic dist I really want to use.
Had the curve done last year.
Anyway the first crank was not so great.
Missing on a few and would not stay running.
Did the standard troubleshooting, firing order, fuel, plugs, voltage, etc.
I ran the dist CW and CCW and it didn't like any of that.
Initial timing is around 5 BTC.
So I threw my old Mallory dual life dist in and she cranked right away!
To my ear she has never sounded better, nice lope, nice 1K idle, just sounded good.
Before I started the engine I did some Weber checks.
With the front end on you can't see down the carb throats.
I have the FE off now and I noticed no accel pump shot on number 3 carb.
So I spent the rest of the day chasing that gremlin.
I thought at first the little spring inside had come off the throttle shaft.
With the top of the carb it wasn't moving.
So I removed the carb only to find it was semi stuck from sitting a couple of months.
I don't EVER want to remove a carb from that DAMN CLIFFORD intake again on the engine.
Now in their defense if I didn't have headers or an exhaust manifold it would have been easy.
And since the current crew at clifford really don't care anymore it just a PITA.
Here are a couple of pictures on the pump arm, up and down.
I added a little lube to the arm and re-set the float level.
Last picture is the intake and the 2 bolts you can't get to.
They should have used studs, but what do I know.
I got the Colt ready to start this morning.
I have a Chrysler electronic dist I really want to use.
Had the curve done last year.
Anyway the first crank was not so great.
Missing on a few and would not stay running.
Did the standard troubleshooting, firing order, fuel, plugs, voltage, etc.
I ran the dist CW and CCW and it didn't like any of that.
Initial timing is around 5 BTC.
So I threw my old Mallory dual life dist in and she cranked right away!
To my ear she has never sounded better, nice lope, nice 1K idle, just sounded good.
Before I started the engine I did some Weber checks.
With the front end on you can't see down the carb throats.
I have the FE off now and I noticed no accel pump shot on number 3 carb.
So I spent the rest of the day chasing that gremlin.
I thought at first the little spring inside had come off the throttle shaft.
With the top of the carb it wasn't moving.
So I removed the carb only to find it was semi stuck from sitting a couple of months.
I don't EVER want to remove a carb from that DAMN CLIFFORD intake again on the engine.
Now in their defense if I didn't have headers or an exhaust manifold it would have been easy.
And since the current crew at clifford really don't care anymore it just a PITA.
Here are a couple of pictures on the pump arm, up and down.
I added a little lube to the arm and re-set the float level.
Last picture is the intake and the 2 bolts you can't get to.
They should have used studs, but what do I know.
