Re: [Chrysler300] Carbs running too rich?

[Rich Barber <barber@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom:

I had similar problems with my 1955 C-300 and it turns out I must have 
tapped the distributor enough to unsnap one of the two holddown snaps 
that hold the cap in place.  That resulted in the cap tilting and the 
rotor contacting the distributor cap pins and wrecking both.  The cap 
does not fit snugly and securely into slots or tabs and can be slightly 
off and not be visibly evident.  I think this happened once before and I 
ended up blowing off a muffler.  Mellow!  Embarassing dumb errors to 
admit, but willing to share experience to help others.  You might have 
hit your distributor cap while working on heater hose. 

The thought also comes to me that if you just bypassed the heater core, 
you might be bypassing too much water around the engine and affecting 
the cooling.

Keep us posted, even if it is embarassing.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 C-300

tdcox wrote:

>I had a great time traveling to Pigeon Forge, TN (about 200 miles) to the
>"Shades of the Past Rod Run" show.  There were about 3,000 cars at the show
>itself and an estimated 10,000 cars on display and for sale along the three
>mile stretch of city.  Quite a spectacle.  The 300F was extremely well
>received and I was told more than once that if it had been judged, it would
>have made the top 25 of all cars at the show.  Maybe so, maybe not.  But it
>got more than it's share of ooh's and aah's.
>
>During the drive into the city on Friday night, I had a trip of about an
>hour at idle.  After that, the car never really ran well until I got back on
>the interstate to come home on Sunday.  It would stutter and pop and acted
>like it was running on six or seven cylinders.  It was also bad to backfire
>in the city and even on the trip home when I let off the gas.  I assume that
>the plugs were loading up due to rich-running carbs, but it sure ran rough!!
>
>Today, when I took it for a brief drive to the shop, it wouldn't shift out
>of first gear for several hundred yards.  Any thoughts about this or the
>rough running?
>
>The only other odd occurence was that the heater core fractured on the trip
>to Pigeon Forge and it poored coolant onto the passenger floor.  I rerouted
>some hoses and took off down the road but didn't think that would affect the
>running of the engine.
>
>Thanks for your help and suggestions.
>
>Tom Cox
>
>
>  
>




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