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Using a spark tester? How did the spark look?
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Using a spark tester? How did the spark look?
abdywgn
dismantler
oops! forgot to delete this...also a good way to make a two door station wagon...
a friend's Dad could change the plugs on a six year mid-70's 440 Imperial and his hands would only be dusty. No, he did not wear gloves. his son would check the oil on a small block Chevelle with a rebuilt engine and look like he arm wrestled in grease.front of the motor back together... my addiction to silicone is badtiming cover on a small block sucks while in car.. Waiting on the new balancer which won't be here til like wed prolly...
Also... how can i disassemble an entire car.. clean and paint every inch.. and somehow still be dirty as hell working on it?
I don't wear gloves when I turn wrenches either. Have better feel without them. My friends are always saying how clean my hands are while doing work. But I admit that I will wash them a few times during the job. Just don't like dirty greasy hands...... 
abdywgn
dismantler
I get mine oily just checking oil...don't like the feel of synthetic oil
Icetech
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yeah, mine are just black when done... today a lot was rtv.. but still...I don't wear gloves when I turn wrenches either. Have better feel without them. My friends are always saying how clean my hands are while doing work. But I admit that I will wash them a few times during the job. Just don't like dirty greasy hands......
180 out.
I used to have a young kid (21) here all the time at my shop, wanting to do this or that with his cars and also learn. Tried to teach him about keeping a clean work space and hands as he was working. Hard as I tried, it didn't sink in. Everything he touched in the shop was dirty or greasy, including the tools of course. Walls, switches, bathroom, slop sink, lift posts...etc...Aghhhhh...Finally he got married and moved away...Whew.....
abdywgn
dismantler
wonder if his wife straightened him out or if she follows him around with soap and paper towelsI used to have a young kid (21) here all the time at my shop, wanting to do this or that with his cars and also learn. Tried to teach him about keeping a clean work space and hands as he was working. Hard as I tried, it didn't sink in. Everything he touched in the shop was dirty or greasy, including the tools of course. Walls, switches, bathroom, slop sink, lift posts...etc...Aghhhhh...Finally he got married and moved away...Whew.....
Yeah, maybe he pulled the dist. since it's a small block and close to the firewall, when changing the transmission. Tilts back...Hits firewall....But..But..But...No problem with the Big Block......
Confusion is that all i did was remove the transmission and put it back in...???
Didn't pull the dist. then. huh..
Icetech
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might have just flooded it? my motor is crazy sensitive to that.. more than any i have had before.
abdywgn
dismantler
put new plugs in and give it a try
Was it close to the firewall when the engine angled down ? Some cars have more room than others....
Icetech
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eck.. those 2 bottom right are nasty
I blocked it all up before I pulled the transmission and checked clearance. It was OK.
Only thing that was moved was the starter solenoid on the firewall.
Ran the test voltages and resistance in the mopar troubleshooting guide. Found a bad ground that fixed one test (12v tested at the ignition box plug), but still getting 317 ohms at both the 4 and 5 and the distributor pigtail when I'm supposed to have a 350 - 550 range
Selling cars on marketplace is such a pita. Lowball offers wanting more photos,and wasting time. This 54 jag is a big car, every square inch needs to be gone over, lots of metal work. I was searcing the web, cheapest car i found comparable, a little nicer but equally ratty interior was 17,000 euros. It seems almost a rare car here in canada
Unconventional
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I took a little road trip to that car show in Pismo Beach, not that I would be able to see many of the show cars 
. I have seen it crazy up there before, but this had the previous beat. CROWDED! The scenery was nice at that bumper to bumper pace on Pacific Coast Highway/ main street through town. When I got to the edge of the mesa that separates our valley from theirs, I could see the dense frogs following the beach. Sure as life when I got up there, the left side of PCH was froggy and the right side was sunny . One hour trip there and back took me three hours Saw some nice Rods, little '64 Malibu going down PCH uncorked 
. Fun time 
. I have seen it crazy up there before, but this had the previous beat. CROWDED! The scenery was nice at that bumper to bumper pace on Pacific Coast Highway/ main street through town. When I got to the edge of the mesa that separates our valley from theirs, I could see the dense frogs following the beach. Sure as life when I got up there, the left side of PCH was froggy and the right side was sunny . One hour trip there and back took me three hours Saw some nice Rods, little '64 Malibu going down PCH uncorked . Fun time 
Deltatech
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Tach wire to coil shorted? Wires pinched/corrosion in connector on passenger side behind the block?
All the same it has a removable hardtop. Morning!
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