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Spike, not sure what is wrong with the 3. Sounds like they sold you the one I returned. For more than a year as I tried to get my car running and broke in, the thing would run for 5 minutes and shut down. Eventually it got to where I had to hunt and hunt with the timing to even get the thing...

Well, I am still getting vibration, but it starts more around 70MPH now. I will look into the output shaft bushing next. Yes the driveshaft was out of balance, but I still have more. Kcmash

My bet is they sent you hoses for front drum brakes versus disk. Did you convert the car from front drum to front disk brakes? Kcmash

Ok tonight was pretty busy. So I push the car outside to give her a try. Reminder. After the Sunday drive I came home and immediately tried to restart and it cranked at about one starter revolution per second. Really slow and would not start the car. Tonight I jump in, give the pedal one...

I will try what I can. The cables are all new reproduction, corrosion free cables. I do have my PMGR starter in the garage that I pulled this summer thinking it was the problem. As I stated earlier. I really think it’s a bad starter considering I saw a sudden decline during compression...

Awesome response. I have not checked it today. When I was doing the compression testing, I checked ked that first. The reason I have a new starter in the first place is due to starting issues earlier in the year. Battery tested good, bought a new solenoid, bought a new starter, went back...

I am pretty sure that my starter is bad. Earlier this year I bought an original style starter from Auto Zone. It seemed to do fine for a while. Recently, I had to do some compression testing and valve adjustment on my car. I used the starter for all the cranking functions. Later in this...

I have a spare one here in Kansas City. Let me know if it's worth me digging it out. Kcmash

I have not replaced the tail shaft bushing yet. They did add a weight to the driveshaft and is much better, but the rear view mirror has a constant vibration while driving. So maybe there is still something, or maybe not. Kcmash

Mine was doing that, I did 2 things. 1) Get a blue wire condenser. They are much more robust than a black wire condenser. Its a Standard Ignition part. 2) I replaced the coil. I had been using an original coil. Not sure which one fixed it. But my backfiring is gone. Kcmash

Hmmm. My first guess would be a broken plug wire. You said they are new wires, but you may verify you do not have a miss there. Put a vacuum gage on it and see if you are getting smooth and consistent vacuum. If not, do a compression check. Kcmash

I found that my vibration from 50 mph up was an out of balance driveshaft. Mine actually had no balance weight on it. Getting that balanced now. Kcmash

Test drive this morning. Having #7 backing action is NICE! Brakes have a slight improvement.

I am running 10w 40 since putting the roller in. I may be straight 40 weight, I forget. Kcmash

I have a deluxe 2 spoke, but it has cracks. Not sure if you were the one I spoke to on Facebook. My original has a comfort wrap on it, so you don't see the cracks. I believe my wrap is original. Kcmash

So I tried your suggestion tonight. Vertical pull on the pushrods to set ploylocks. With no extra turns, cylinder 7 stayed at 150. Cranked the poly locks a 1/4 turn, still at 150. Cranked another 1/8 turn, still at 150. So I am 3/8 of a turn past 0 lash on #7, all others are at 1/2 turn...

Hemikiller, your input is greatly appreciated! My pause at this point is why I am only getting 150 on this cylinder with the rockers backed off versus 175 on all other cylinders. I will try your suggestion tonight. I must admit I am embarrassed by this deal. I feel like I am making a bunch...

So I backed off the rockers on #7 and bam I have 150 compression on #7. I am wondering what to do next. Kcmash

Actually mine is an AC car and I have the original pulley. Yep, after I figure out the latest problems with the engine. Kcmash

Well, my curse continues. Checked compression on all cylinders today. Everything was at 175 except #7 which reads zero. I have all the plugs out and there is no resistance at all when I have the compression tester on #7. Maybe 1000 miles on the new engine. Farrea single piece valves. I...