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I’ve run into a bit of a new problem now. Just a few days ago the replacement carb came in and we installed it with no issues. Made sure the jets and everything were clean. The car now refuses to idle below 25* and 1200rpm. Obviously it’s not drivable at that rpm so it’s at home right now. I’ve...

Highway and town cruising are excellent, tons of power, cruises smooth. Drives like a dream. Just the initial get go from P to D and getting going at lights. Little bit of initial hesitation when you first hit the throttle from a dead stop which is why I initially thought it was a crab problem.

Will post some pics a little later. First noticed a starting issue about 4 months back right before my coil died. Replaced that and still had ignition issues. After replacing all resistors, wires, ignitions switch etc it started first try. Then came an overheating issue. I live out of town and...

As far as I know the cam is stock to the block. For reference on timing and temperature I’ve been using a slant six automotive book my step father had (he’s a heavy duty mechanic who’s restored tons of mopars). We know is older and definitely warm and even looked at replacing it a few months...

Thanks I’ll look into it! Wish I came on here sooner

Timing chain is just a couple weeks old, seems to be doing fine. Only thing I could think of myself is a my distributor. When I ordered it in and installed it it didn’t work so I rebuilt it at home and it’s seemed to do okay. Wondering if something went wrong when I rebuilt it

It is a lockup yes, just installed a few days ago. Wasn’t aware of the block and tranny age difference until I dropped the tranny and realized the new torque converter and the one for 1976 I ordered were different. Had to have one custom fabricated locally. Was thinking it could be a tranny...

Hey all, I’m new to this forum but my 1976 Plymouth duster restoration project has been having issues for the last few months and I’m getting desperate. I’m 18 years old and a first year heavy duty mechanic in college so I rely on her as my daily driver. Over the last few months she’s been...