Nice one, Brass being wear resistant, I didn't think of a brass plate to be used.
Very good!
Appreciate the follow up to the project, nice to see closure to a problem, now solved.
I'm over on FBBOs a lot but I couldn't resist buying these things. I think most of them are from Imperials but I'm not sure. Should I just start posting pictures? I'm going to sell the stuff but I don't want the mods to think this is a for sale thread. This is a what year, model, part thread.
Astoria, OR
Now a coffee shack, Don't know anything else about these, highway got realigned in the mid 60s bypassing these.
This one is attached to the house.
Not sure about this one, could have been something back in the day.
Alan
once you have true TDC on compression make sure oil pump/distributor drive gear slot is parallel to the camshaft. Then install distributor and point rotor to #1.
How are you verifying you are at TDC on #1 of the compression stroke and timing? My advice/experience is don't rely too heavily on those timing marks on the damper, especially if those are old parts of unknown assemblage.
If you can verify true TDC and get timing correct (ish) and still won't...
That won't help with the reverse lights. The NSS works now for starting, but we don't know if the rooster comb is correct for the '69 NSS. Either way, no reason to change NSS.
The '68 and down uses a switch near the shifter for reverse lights.