Doc suck it up get a heater LOL I should talk I can't seem to finish my bathroom remodel.I moved to Florida yesterday and worked on cleaning up the block and pistons and crankshaft and everything I wanted to work on.
Then I woke up and realized I was still in the never-ending winter of northern Nevada and walked into the freezing garage and watched the snow pour down through the window. Spring my ass.....
Doc
Haven't touched Mach in a month.:s Haven't touched Mach in a month..."
LOL! :rofl: Hang in there, Buddy!
Winter never ends here in Germany.
Not sure but we think we have the wrong flywheel, or some issue with a wrong starter for the stroker kit. Will not know until I can contact California on Monday where it all came from. But what we did get done: Radiator installed, new plug wires cut and on, all hoses installed, new throttle cable, antifreeze and fuel in( high quality 110 octane) @ 8.25 a gallon, starter installed and removed new wheel sizes double checked with tire sizing tool.3 steps foreward only 1 step back !..Toe the the line Tn ! Your paying your dues....Your close ::thumb::Well what a day I have kicked,cussed, threw wrenches, etc.......The 408 has yet to turn over.
Hell if I pay anymore I'm not going to be able to afford air to breathe.:s3 steps foreward only 1 step back !..Toe the the line Tn ! Your paying your dues....Your close ::thumb::Well what a day I have kicked,cussed, threw wrenches, etc.......The 408 has yet to turn over.
Only if its on the rocks, yeah rain here to but not gonna complain about that could be snow.
Nah, no fun in that! Thanks for sharing the story though, folks like me learned something... if I can only remember when the time comes:huh:What did I do today? Realised that I am definitely not a mechanic, that's what.
3 months ago I replaced my 2bbl 500 Holley and manifold with a 4bbl manifold and new 575 Holley Street Avenger. Noticed an immediate power increase at higher revs, but low revs performance was rather shoddy.
The first thing I had noticed when I put the new carb on was the timing mark was way out on the balancer. I run a Pertronix Ignitor so really the timing should have been exactly the same, but here it was running at somewhere over 20 BTC . And when I dialled it back to the usual 6 - 10 degrees the car had no pick-up at all. So I set the timing about back to where it was originally and in my head I had talked myself into believing that the outer ring of the harmonic balancer had slipped on the inner and that I needed a new balancer.
Anyway, today I thought I'd just give the timing a couple of degrees shift to see if it made a difference, and this time I remembered to disconnect the vacuum advance hose first (which I foolishly hadn't done the first time), and straight away the timing at idle dropped straight down to 6 on the balancer. First thoughts were that there was something wrong with the vacuum advance unit for it to be so active at idle. Did a search on the net and stumbled across by accident a site where some guy had had the same problem as me. Turned out that he had the vacuum hose connected to the manifold rather than the vacuum fitting at the carburettor venturi, and by golly when I went out to check my set up I had done exactly the same thing!
Moved the hose to the right spot, and now pretty even power across the whole range! Feel like a bit of dunce, especially after leaving it that way for three whole months (luckily there was no evidence of pinging) - I really should pay someone who knows what they are doing for work like this......
now to remove the INCORRECT flywheel and return) at my cost but supposedly will be refunded, we will see.Sweetness! Now for that clutch...anything new on that?UPDATE: New CORRECT fly wheel being balanced and shipped out (at no cost) YAHOOO, clutch assembly still being test fit.
supposedly still trying to get the angle for the push rod correctSweetness! Now for that clutch...anything new on that?UPDATE: New CORRECT fly wheel being balanced and shipped out (at no cost) YAHOOO, clutch assembly still being test fit.
A buddy got some in 2 days. Mark
