sounds like my kind of luck Reed just keep up the positive thinking

_________________
Nothing beats a slant six
1987 D150

I THINK I can, I THINK I can, I THINK I can.......

lol

_________________
Nothing beats a slant six
1987 D150

The copper sealer is not as good as the "Ultra Black" on intake, timing chain and pan gaskets.

_________________
Aggressive Ted

http://cid-32f1e50ddb40a03c.photos.live ... %20Swinger


74 Swinger, 9.5 comp 254/.435 lift cam, 904, ram air, electric fans, 2.5" HP2 & FM70 ex, 1920 Holley#56jet, 2.76 8 3/4 Sure-Grip, 26" tires, 25+MPG

I think I have the leaks licked, and I have the exhaust patched up to where it is at least driveable. Still a touch loud for my tastes, and I can hear the leaks BRRRFFFFF-ing at the welds I made, but this will last me until I can afford to pay someone to weld me up a real exhaust line.

Whew.

On the positive side, I found out my A/C still works, and works great! Ice cold freon.

that is great

_________________
Nothing beats a slant six
1987 D150

A couple days ago I discovered that one of the short hoses attached to the fuel filter was so old it had cracked in several places and was spraying gas on the engine! That probably accounts for the gas smell in the passenger area when the car was running and the abyssmal gas mileage. So today I snuck outside and spent about 15 minutes replacing the cracked hose and resetting the curb idle, mixture, and timing. Factory base timing on this motor is 16 degrees BTDC! Low compression emissions motor, maybe? So I set it back to about 16 BTDC and it seems to be running really well. I still need to take it on e test drive, but i should at least get better MPG now that I am not spraying the passenger side of the engine bay with gas...

good thing you didn't get a bang out of it if you know what I'm saying lol

_________________
Nothing beats a slant six
1987 D150

16° BTDC? Still running the electronic spark control?

_________________
Joshua

Nope! It is all HEI and an old EI distributor. Still starts up easy too. Haven't taken it out to test for pinging on acceleration though.

Idle mixture screws are at 1.25 turns out. This carb likes to idle lean. If I start at 2 turns out the idle is actually rough until I lean it up.

That's probably too much initial timing unless you've restricted the mechanical advance significantly. I've run too much initial and while it feels good at low and medium speeds it over advances at higher engine speeds, makes a lot of negative torque and slows the car down.

_________________
Joshua

OK, I'll dial it down a bit then. I haven't done any recurving on this distributor. I just know it came out of a 80s truck or ramcharger.