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Old Man with a Hat
Last piece of the puzzle arrived today, anyone know what the are?
What did you do to your C-body today....
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Joseph James
Senior Member
Ordered PST suspension kit for my Fury. Currently, it’s more like piloting a boat-all over the place.
going to use this as a checklist-Mopar Rebuilding the steering linkage and suspension
it’s for B body but I don’t think much different for my C. I like the steps and photos although I will have FSM too.
going to use this as a checklist-Mopar Rebuilding the steering linkage and suspension
it’s for B body but I don’t think much different for my C. I like the steps and photos although I will have FSM too.
Joseph James
Senior Member
Looks like a crimp tool of some kind.
barnfind
Old Man with a Hat
Nope
JJ300
Active Member
Put mine in a barn for a long winter's nap. Gonna tell everyone next year it was a "Barn Find"...
TxDon
Well-Known Member
I've been spending all my time working on my 34 Chevy so the wagon looks like a shelf again! I did take it out for a good ride this week though.
thrashingcows
Senior Member
Tool for removing drip rail mouldings?
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barnfind
Old Man with a Hat
Ding, Ding Ding!
Yes, drip rail pliers by Porter Ferguson , found them researching vinly top advice.
LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
I could have used that a month ago.
At least it's a "barn find" in a real barn. I get a kick out of some guy finding a car in his neighbor's garage, and next thing you know, he has a Barn Find!!!
I started tuning my mechanical advance on my distributor. Low rpm advance spring is stretched. I bent the tab out for a little more tension so Advance wouldn’t start at 600 engine rpm. Fixed it to start with, had engine close to 900 rpm before advancing, but soon seemed to stretch back out and advance back to 600.
Thanks to @halifaxhops for some advice and springs soon on the way.
I am attempting to do this using the car and some math as the distributor machine.
383 2bbl automatic. Standard cam, 91 octane non ethanol gas. Normal elevation.
Basic math
distributor rpm 1/2 of engine rpm
1 degree of distributor advance = 2 degrees of timing advance on flywheel
Basic setting 7-1/2 degrees BTDC
Table below is including 7-1/2 degrees.
Vacuum advance plugged for test.
Distributor advance to Engine advance
(Corrected math)
0 deg@325-475rpm = 7-1/2@650-925
0 - 3.8@475 rpm. = 7.5-15.1@925
7 - 9@750 rpm. =21.5-25.5@1500rpm
14.5-16.5@2250. = 36.5-40.5@4500
Thanks to @halifaxhops for some advice and springs soon on the way.
I am attempting to do this using the car and some math as the distributor machine.
383 2bbl automatic. Standard cam, 91 octane non ethanol gas. Normal elevation.
Basic math
distributor rpm 1/2 of engine rpm
1 degree of distributor advance = 2 degrees of timing advance on flywheel
Basic setting 7-1/2 degrees BTDC
Table below is including 7-1/2 degrees.
Vacuum advance plugged for test.
Distributor advance to Engine advance
(Corrected math)
0 deg@325-475rpm = 7-1/2@650-925
0 - 3.8@475 rpm. = 7.5-15.1@925
7 - 9@750 rpm. =21.5-25.5@1500rpm
14.5-16.5@2250. = 36.5-40.5@4500
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Think you got it not many do
thrashingcows
Senior Member
A good digital timing light with dial back function and RPM works well for tuning a dizzy as well....that is what I have and use to make sure my dizzies are functioning properly.
I am still using my 1985 Stewart Warner basic timing light. No dial back function. That would be helpful at the higher RPMs and adding the vacuum advance to the equation. I have enough indicator to decipher up to 20 degrees and can guesstimate another 10-25, So yes for accuracy I should be using a dial back.
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Not so fast, I found a rather large math error above. I forgot to double the distributor degrees before I added the 7-1/2 base timing.
Must have been the carbon monoxide building.
TxDon
Well-Known Member
Now that is a heavyweight collection!
78Brougham
"Chump"
Beautiful Mike! And not one ugly tit to be seen! Even more stunning... Thanks!
You're "Gatekeeper" needs to boot out those two interlopers, so you can have them ALL in a row... Perhaps a switcheroo?
You are right a dial back timing light does work quite well. I went out an bought one with the rpm readout and advance readout. Found a 20% off coupon for Advance Auto. Took $99 down to $80.
Thanks to Halifaxhops for advance springs and other goodies. I Almost have my mechanical advance squared away. High rpm is right on spec. Initial mechanical advance kick in is about 200 rpm higher than I want it. One more little tweak with the spring tab and I should be there. At least it isn’t kicking in at idle anymore.
And because everyone likes pictures.
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