I put it into gear and it dies.

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shittyslant6 said:
the spacer and gasket are good, I just had the carb off to re-do the transfer slot adjustment.
the carburetor is already a remanufactured one that was put on in 2008 that I rebuilt because It had a bunch of oxidation all inside it.
the thing is just tired. I'm thinking of getting this thing at my local discount store.View attachment 1715850492 View attachment 1715850493
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Before you take that jump I would try to verify that you have a carburetor problem. Then decide how you want to correct it. You may have a plugged idle circuit rendering the idle mixture screws useless. See if it’s lean at idle by forcing it richer with a hands over the carburetor choke test. It won't cost you a dime.
 
Tooljunkie said:
Add an intake, gaskets and throttle/ kickdown linkage and you still dont know the condition of timing chain. In it for a grand. go get a wrecker 2 bbl that matches yours. 50 bucks.
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yeah, I might try and go get one of my buddy's 500 holleys. those circle track 2 barrels. he loves them and has a few. (i will have to rebuild them of course, but at least its designed better than the one I got.)

Well anyways, I just put the motor on TDC and the timing mark on the balancer is accurate. I put a screwdriver down the sparkplug hole and watched it then I took it out and looked down the hole with a flashlight to see the piston to verify that its at the top.
 
and the mechanical advance in the distributor works because the rotor springs back after I move it.
 
shittyslant6 said:
yeah, I might try and go get one of my buddy's 500 holleys. those circle track 2 barrels. he loves them and has a few. (i will have to rebuild them of course, but at least its designed better than the one I got.)

Well anyways, I just put the motor on TDC and the timing mark on the balancer is accurate. I put a screwdriver down the sparkplug hole and watched it then I took it out and looked down the hole with a flashlight to see the piston to verify that its at the top.
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67Dart273 said:
Either the timing light is AFU, the timing marks are wrong, the cam is "slipped" timing, or you are making some mistake.

Regardless of what the book says for initial/ idle timing, those will run at TDC
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Yup. Even 5 degrees initial is usually advanced. What was the spec? 3? It mightta been 5. I've seen some late 70s stufff at 0 and even negative.
 
Tooljunkie said:
Those of you going by this fellow’s name, its no longer a slanty. Hes trying to dial in a teener.
should change your name, btw.
“The member formerly known as shittyslantsix”

i honestly think you should pull carb and get it sorted out. Without a good tuneable carb you will be chasing timing forever.
Known good carb comes to mind…
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Maybe just "shitty" LOL j/k man. You know we love you.

Traitor. LOL
 
Tooljunkie said:
Right there in front of my very eyes, a vacuum leak. On the tree with the red caps. Open port. Its broke off. You wear glasses?
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well yes; I knew it was there but I did not care because I didn't think it'd make that much of a difference.
but i'm now thinking it does.
 
shittyslant6 said:
well yes; I knew it was there but I did not care because I didn't think it'd make that much of a difference.
but i'm now thinking it does.
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they screw in right? i have a pipe plug that came off another manifold I have, i just need to find it.
 
ok well i need to fix something else I just broke.
I was putting the alternator belt back on and I was working the tensioner bolt down and it STRIPPED THE THREADS OUT OF THE ALTERNATOR HOUSING. like the carburetor screw, it just broke. NOT EVEN TIGHT.
I guess I will be tapping and putting new threads in the alt.
 
lol, yeah, that was a very significant vacuum leak. Think drunk prom queen scorin with the football team suck. LOL
 
shittyslant6 said:
ok well i need to fix something else I just broke.
I was putting the alternator belt back on and I was working the tensioner bolt down and it STRIPPED THE THREADS OUT OF THE ALTERNATOR HOUSING. like the carburetor screw, it just broke. NOT EVEN TIGHT.
I guess I will be tapping and putting new threads in the alt.
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Can you put a longer bolt in it with a nut on the back side?
 
shittyslant6 said:
ok well i need to fix something else I just broke.
I was putting the alternator belt back on and I was working the tensioner bolt down and it STRIPPED THE THREADS OUT OF THE ALTERNATOR HOUSING. like the carburetor screw, it just broke. NOT EVEN TIGHT.
I guess I will be tapping and putting new threads in the alt.
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On the slotted bracket? Just drill the alternator hole out and run a longer bolt all the way through and put a nut on the back side. Threads were probably shaky to start with. It's just aluminum.
 
Tooljunkie said:
Right there in front of my very eyes, a vacuum leak. On the tree with the red caps. Open port. Its broke off. You wear glasses?
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LOLOL You posted the wrong photo and I'm like "whut"? You are right, I got lost with the OP's username, nevertheless comments about advanced timing still apply. LOL
 
RustyRatRod said:
On the slotted bracket? Just drill the alternator hole out and run a longer bolt all the way through and put a nut on the back side. Threads were probably shaky to start with. It's just aluminum.
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let me see if I have a bolt and nut that will fit, but I'll see exactly what happened when i get the alt. off.
 
ye
RustyRatRod said:
lol

He's likely found the problem with the idle situation.
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yeah I think so too. that whole vacuum tree situation was just bad. even the ones with the vacuum caps on them were likely not sealing.
And i was able to fix the alternator by just putting a longer bolt in it and a bunch of washers. I got lucky; only one thread was screwed up and I was able to go past it with the longer bolt.
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So is it runnin better? Video?
 
Also, I did fire it up for just a little bit when the alternator was still broken and through the HORRENDOUS belt squeal it sounded like it was overly rich and every time a cylinder fired it was like an explosion through the exhaust. like a funny car. :D so I think i can adjust the carb accurately and get it dialed in. I will be able to mess with it tomorrow after school. its supper time now:)
 
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