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my holley ws sobad that the gyuy that rebuilt my avs wanted a cre carb as he did a swap of carbs . he took my holley a ciore i talked to hm a minth later & he said it was soo bsd u couldnt fix it eith out replacing the body it was tat bad but told hm it w shot when i gave t to him as a core now my se up here ha ben good for 6 yrs to i put the a1 cra on / i pray the gas fility & the new point&cndensor fxrd i
Gerald Morris said:
Yes, but NEW junk.

Once one removes the cheap points and condenser, the cast case can serve well enough. I like little details like them making a couple flat surfaces to abet gripping the casting inb a vice, an extra groove for an O ring to better seal it into the engine block too. They supply a cheap vacuum advance which gives a little modest advance when cruising, and a pretty standard and close to OEM mech advance, which worked nicely on a VatoZone Special rebuilt unit I got for $34.99 when I saw how the venerable unit that came with old Mathilda visibly wobbled as I spun the motor for a compression check.

I since learned to rebuild old distributors meant for mid 1960s B/RB engines, so will never need to rely on Cardone products again, but for a new owner, not familiar with tool or shop procedures, these sino-sloppo units can enable an engine to run decently until one can do better. The summer of 2018, I had a crew of 4-5 fellow agitators/canvassers who I ran out of Mathilda around town with a Car-DON'T mal-distributor. The condenser failed 10 days after installing the thing, but after that it saw us through to the November elections....
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wel since i posted my call for help i have fowarded all to the guy dong the work as im no longer capable to do it thamls for all hr imfor bu i may be this weekend be fore he has time it use o be just me & him bu thanks to all my braggig on hm now everyone wants his help former guys rom the sails dept in the dealership he use o work @ to usins to help them with their cars i allmost cant talk to him + he has a old chevy truck to keep on the rooad (his dead dads) &2 othe clacc mopars (1 b body & 1e body)
 
Gerald Morris said:
He schooled me well enough to rebuild my own now. Bless him!
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i wish we had the distributor machine they had ib washingtom high uuo shop . no one wanted to mess with it but my cousin . betting the old distributor aprt isnt th issue but finding th parts to pu in them . i can't find the bushingsir the parts for the internals of the distributor
 
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halifaxhops said:
Cardone is a decent rebuild but they set the curve to WORK in a spread of motors usually around ten years so can be great in one motor and a dog in another. I just strip them for parts since there is no number on them.
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You know, the rebuild I got on their brand from VatoZone is a rebuilt CARDONE distributor. The vac advance on that was purely decorative. The new one I bought 2 yrs later had only the model number: 84-3817, but that is laser etched into the casting.

Of course, the criticism remains valid; designed to make the broadest range of B block engines run as possible, they seldom will run optimally. One note, the 4 barrel Edelbrock Performer 1405 carburetor on the old stock intake manifold with the Cardone distributor snapped lively enough with a Delco 500 coil and a Mopar ballast resistor, until the points burned down after a month.

That noisy Delco coil, despite being designed for Mopar engines, w the correct impedance of 1.6 ohms may have been the cause of rapid point consumption with my engine or not, IDYK. I replaced it w a new Taylor coil, upped the ballast resistance to ~1.6 ohms cold, to keep circuit impedance constant, w the Taylor coil offering only .7 ohms. This reduced the coil voltage nicely to just over 7 volts w the engine running at temperature.
 
Gerald Morris said:
You know, the rebuild I got on their brand from VatoZone is a rebuilt CARDONE distributor. The vac advance on that was purely decorative. The new one I bought 2 yrs later had only the model number: 84-3817, but that is laser etched into the casting.

Of course, the criticism remains valid; designed to make the broadest range of B block engines run as possible, they seldom will run optimally. One note, the 4 barrel Edelbrock Performer 1405 carburetor on the old stock intake manifold with the Cardone distributor snapped lively enough with a Delco 500 coil and a Mopar ballast resistor, until the points burned down after a month.

That noisy Delco coil, despite being designed for Mopar engines, w the correct impedance of 1.6 ohms may have been the cause of rapid point consumption with my engine or not, IDYK. I replaced it w a new Taylor coil, upped the ballast resistance to ~1.6 ohms cold, to keep circuit impedance constant, w the Taylor coil offering only .7 ohms. This reduced the coil voltage nicely to just over 7 volts w the engine running at temperature.
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IHAVE A MOPAR performance coil its not a gm one i can ge a stock oe from my buddy; s clay's place it will b a good used on for 7 yrs the coil ran good although i had a part time miss fire t wasn't all the time we thing we foung=d it from a pinched plug wire that had fallen behind the ac compressori have not done anything to i or drove it te uy doig the work has not had the time, tonight we r going toreplace the gas filter with a wix metal housing 1 & go from there . i want him to check the upper bushing for play i want him rto change te oints& ci=ondesor too where he doe u=it or not i don't know . with mycurrant medical condtion i av to wait for ohers to doo thre work + i have a rock driveway no concrete or assfault
 

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I’d like to help the old feller out, but, short of driving to his place, doing the work and paying for the parts, what can be done?
He says he can’t physically perform the work or afford to buy the parts.
His cousin is a mechanical genius but is too busy. Every bit of good advice has been responded to with…gooblygook.
He has a YouTube channel that features the car and a video of him up on the roof of his house putting up a homemade ham radio antenna 3 months ago.., ‍♂
 
Triple Pickle said:
I’d like to help the old feller out, but, short of driving to his place, doing the work and paying for the parts, what can be done?
He says he can’t physically perform the work or afford to buy the parts.
His cousin is a mechanical genius but is too busy. Every bit of good advice has been responded to with…gooblygook.
He has a YouTube channel that features the car and a video of him up on the roof of his house putting up a homemade ham radio antenna 3 months ago.., ‍♂
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so whats wrong with that? no i can't do anything that requires bending over in into ham radio it was easyer to show a fellow ham my set up than try to tell him over the phone . as for my cousin he knows alot but i dont think us changing a gas fix going to solve the cuttings out problem . but he is set in his ways & I have to do in the steps he saids / hes been working on fuel systems for most of his life 90% of the time i trust his instincts but not this time . something telll me change a fgas fier isnt going to fux i , as much as hate to say it . I think we got toook on the a1- cardone selest rebuild distributor .i jut git off the pone with anoyher mopar distbutor guy & he told me wha i didnt want to hear A1cardone r a1 carjunk so i may be foused to ttalk rich into losaning mre the $ to get a right 1
like i said time will tell
 
Nadir Point said:
You diagnosing cars or people now?
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b i hink he ws telling me off oh well all the addvice ids great , but i only have so much tme ways & means o do it . the car is on a rock drivway there is no gargue . im sorry i don have a 2-4 car shop to work in i wish i did but i dont we do most everything @ my cousins(rich) place i know one of u guys think i may have a blown head gasket or a bent push rod
I watch rhe water temp closely& it has never lost any coolant so that is out as for the bent push rod? wellif iwas racing it ior over taxing it then maybe but i have not & if it is that them im ****** .
now rhese r akk good things to check i agtree bet we do it 1 step @ a time .
rich is to cpme over here today to do some more to it
 
marty koirtyohann said:
so whats wrong with that? no i can't do anything that requires bending over in into ham radio it was easyer to show a fellow ham my set up than try to tell him over the phone . as for my cousin he knows alot but i dont think us changing a gas fix going to solve the cuttings out problem . but he is set in his ways & I have to do in the steps he saids / hes been working on fuel systems for most of his life 90% of the time i trust his instincts but not this time . something telll me change a fgas fier isnt going to fux i , as much as hate to say it . I think we got toook on the a1- cardone selest rebuild distributor .i jut git off the pone with anoyher mopar distbutor guy & he told me wha i didnt want to hear A1cardone r a1 carjunk so i may be foused to ttalk rich into losaning mre the $ to get a right 1
like i said time will tell
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You asked for help. Exactly what would you have us do, given your situation?
 
Triple Pickle said:
You asked for help. Exactly what would you have us do, given your situation?
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I hate to say it but it’s like a pity party. You gotta find someone reputable and old school or knows old school ways to work on these cars if you can’t do it yourself.

I work on modern Lincolns for my day job, these cars, especially C-bodies are a dream to work on compared to say a 2022 Aviator.

Physical limitations are one thing, and I get it since I mind my back all the time, you do what you can, but if you can’t then you need a trustworthy person.
 
well she is fixed a i turned out the timng was good but the rubbings block on the points they put in it was JUNK ! i told him not to use them afTer llm i had 10 complete Sets of mopar NOS ONES HERE( BUT RICH INSITEd WE USE THE ONES TEY HAD IN IT , IF HE HAD DONE AS I HAD ASKED HIN TO USE I DONT THNK I WOULD HAD ALL THE HEADAKES. )IT THE POINTS ON THE LOBE WAS ALLMOST CLOSED & ONE side of the contract was allmost gone! but it starts runs right & now I;M HURTING REALLY BAD'

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marty koirtyohann said:
well she is fixed a i turned out the timng was good but the rubbings block on the points they put in it was JUNK ! i told him not to use them afTer llm i had 10 complete Sets of mopar NOS ONES HERE( BUT RICH INSITEd WE USE THE ONES TEY HAD IN IT , IF HE HAD DONE AS I HAD ASKED HIN TO USE I DONT THNK I WOULD HAD ALL THE HEADAKES. )IT THE POINTS ON THE LOBE WAS ALLMOST CLOSED & ONE side of the contract was allmost gone! but it starts runs right & now I;M HURTING REALLY BAD'

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the points was junk
 
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