Well I built my motor last year and during my tuning realized my intake centerline was off 8*. This weekend I finally got some garage time to install my 4* cam bushing. While in the timing set I found that my crank key was not fully capturing my crank gear. And that it had beaten the key over years of use which gave the gear a few degrees of slop further advancing the crank and creating more of a problem than I knew. Easy fix, we yanked the key and spun it 180* also pushing it further back to capture more of the gear. Don't ask how I didn't find this during the build or why it wasn't replaced at that time.

Engine all togther I decided to drop the tank and find out why I'm getting silt and going through fuel filters like candy. Welcome to AZ, found a desert oasis in there and that the sending unit filter sock was torn. Rather than just order the sock I went ahead and purchased a new SU to replace the original worn unit. Hope to get this bad boy purring over Christmas weekend (my Christmas to me lol), wish me luck.

,Cliff

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Get a vid of it running! Love the paint job

Sounds/looks like great progress. Maybe my '64 can meet your '63 sometime...

Lou

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NO HANKY-PANKY GOING-ON, YOU TWO !!!!!

I didn't know we needed a license to breed lil baby Darts. LOL

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Good luck brother! I too got my motor JUST about running.. Then realized I didnt set #1 TDC when aligning my timing..

Back apart she goes.

Maybe one can give birth on a roadcourse at 130 MPH...

Lou

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OK,, I changed my mind... If the two of you have the knowlage and the will to reproduce early "A" body cars by any means,,PLEASE DO !!

Top secret labs are on it...

Lou

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If only they're born will all the traits of our two cars. lol

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