Ben Drinkin
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I yanked Polly once..
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Ddaddy
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Polly more than once...
Ask Hoppy if he knows what a Polywog is..LOL @halifaxhops
OK Boys and girls especially you Rani. Took the Violent one out for a drive. Problem 1. If you accelerate medium hard it runs fine ..stomp on it and it dies...does not recover until you let up on the gas. and then runs fine immediately. It cruises wonderfully at 55-60 but don't step on it. Problem 2 hitting the brakes it feels like you are pushing against the floor. It is hard to push but it will stop the car. Vacuum? Master cylinder? Power Brake booster?
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Ddaddy
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The brakes are either a vacuum leak in the line going to the booster or the booster itself.
The acceleration issue is likely either a distributor advance issue or the carburetor accelerator pump isn’t delivering enough fuel.
Also, if the vacuum system to the power brakes is leaking you need to fix that first since it’s a big leak on the engine intake side that could also cause the acceleration issue.
Two problems one fix. Brake booster, leaking,and engine going real lean.
Ddaddy
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I have also seen those old plastic brake booster check valves crack and leak so I would inspect that as one of the first things before moving to replacing the booster.
From Mike Pecki. (2Darts)
So I found the whole problem with the poly... the intake manifold was not torqued down. Just finger tight and barely that. On top of that... no intake manifold. Like none, no RTV or anything. So my guess is the previous owner pulled it for some reason and simply sat it back on without a gasket. Now I feel even dumber for not taking Daves advice... 
Anyway, continuing with the plan to pull the engine and trans mission out. Figured since the gasket kit ordered, may as well tear her down and check the bearings and everything.
Anyway, continuing with the plan to pull the engine and trans mission out. Figured since the gasket kit ordered, may as well tear her down and check the bearings and everything.
This is fricking halarious!
That's not necessarily Daves advice...It is Mechanical Engineering 101......Should have been able to see the bolts off of the manifold, a bit. And useally you can see the thickness of the gasket between the manifold and head...Basic Mechanics 101...My Friend.....So I found the whole problem with the poly... the intake manifold was not torqued down. Just finger tight and barely that. On top of that... no intake manifold. Like none, no RTV or anything. So my guess is the previous owner pulled it for some reason and simply sat it back on without a gasket. Now I feel even dumber for not taking Daves advice...
Anyway, continuing with the plan to pull the engine and trans mission out. Figured since the gasket kit ordered, may as well tear her down and check the bearings and everything.
MechNicks 103, blow the ratshit off and see if she will run...
But who would have thought.
Same thing with that 67 fury my buddy saved from the scrapper.
Checked oil and poured a little gas in carb.fired off and runs not bad. Engine runs unusually quiet even after all the years of neglect.
But who would have thought.
Same thing with that 67 fury my buddy saved from the scrapper.
Checked oil and poured a little gas in carb.fired off and runs not bad. Engine runs unusually quiet even after all the years of neglect.
Yeah yeah yeah
My 64 Sport fury 426 was heading to the crusher, no kidding, on a fork lift heading to be crushed. Got it home, poured some marvel mystery oil in each cylinder, waited a few days ran it around to get the oil out of the cylinders, put in new plugs, put in new gas, new battery, fired it up and ran it for 10k miles like that! EDIT: O and oil change with new filter...
Ddaddy
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That's too cool.
well too late for that now I've got it ready to pull out. Tomorrow it goes into the shop so I can get the hoist under itWhy do you tell him stories like that? Now he will believe he can do it it too...
BUT for Christ sake make sure at least the bolts you can see are tight!!!Why do you tell him stories like that? Now he will believe he can do it it too...
What are you going to do with a hoist UNDER it? Under what?
The rad support silly that is the recommended jacking points right? Good day Keefer helped out a ton and he got scoped and checked out fine for all concerned.
That's why us tool make a heavy one for next time?
As it sits, it's too low to get my engine hoist's legs under it. So I've got to get it on to the liftso I can raise it up enough to get the legs under it
Ahhh. I see!!!!
Ddaddy
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Still no idea why it wouldn’t start and then suddenly did?
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