Rice Nuker
Burn tires daily
Reckon I was wrong as heck. Glad to hear you got it running! Nice looking carb.
Reckon I was wrong as heck. Glad to hear you got it running! Nice looking carb.
Was definitely the carb. Put the Holley on and now getting 20 Vac at idle. Took a short drive around the col de sac and no stumbling. Now I have to get a different kick down linkage and throttle cable.
Thanks so much for the input.
This was supposed to be a turn-key driver but instead turned into rolling restoration (money and time pit).BTW...isn't working on cars fun?
Here's my thoughts. You said it ran good right after you put the new Holley on it, correct?
Then a few days later it started running rough again, correct?
If it ran right for even for a brief time it's not a skipped timing chain. They won't jump back and forth.
Does it have a good fuel filter on it? If not your new Holley is full of crap just like the Eddy was. I love Holley's but have found them to be really touchy about small particles of dirt plugging passages. For that reason I always use a real good fuel filter that filters down to at least 40 microns.
What plug wires are you using?
I can't imagine how ignition timing would affect triggering of the ecu. Up and down play (springy feeling) is normal with the pickup as it's a spring steel clip that holds it in place. If it's actually loose it's a different story. 20 degrees atdc is very retarded. I'd be surprised it'd run good at all if it were actually 20 atdc. Do you mean 20 btdc? If it is reading 20 atdc when it runs right and your sure the balancer and timing cover are properly matched and the balancer hasn't slipped it is possible the timing chain jumped.
BTW: What cam do you have?
Who are you calling retarded!
Belay my last I meant BTDC..........
3 Days ago I installed a double timing chain set and set TDC with a Piston stop and the balancer matched up so I'm 99% positive the timing marks are correct.
Here's the cam info and thanks for the responses.