Re: FINALLY!!!

[Gary Pavlovich <glpavlovich@xxxxxxx>]

Steve,

Good news indeed!

You were indefatigable in your search for the problem and it paid off.

Is the fuel fresh or is it months old?

Gary P.
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From: "MO ( Steve Mick)" <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 4:46 PM
Subject: FINALLY!!!


>  WWWHHHOOOOOO---HHHAAAAA I got my 64 Sport Fury(383)  to start and run on 
> it's own. No battery jumper or spritzing in gas in the carb.  I did not 
> have a AH-HA! smokeing gun moment  during the whole ordeal.  This Fury had 
> been used as a drag car, and when the former owner decided to sell it. I 
> think he took off the good ignition and carb and put some things he had 
> laying around back on it. There were so many things wrong he prolly got 
> sick of it and then I came along with some cash in hand.  Some rare times 
> it would start when you let off the key switch and then run fairly well. 
> for a short time. I am somewhat good at diagnosis but it stymied me!  I 
> knew nothing about Nopar electronic ignition or how to trace down an 
> ignition problem with them. So I went back to a rebuilt  points 
> distributor. No go.  I messed around with jumper wires and such that I 
> can't remember the sequence of what I did.  I know I learned what a 
> balladst resister does and how it works now. I got some wireing diagrams 
> and started sorting out the jumble of wires. I found that the hot wire to 
> the ballast was the wrong one. It would shut off the power to it when the 
> engine was cranking. So I found the wire that remained hot when cranking 
> the starter. and hooked it to the input side of the ballast  he engine 
> would run with a boost of gas to start it, but after a short while, would 
> die. I messed with the timeing but had to guess as the engine would not 
> run long enough to know when it was close.  Rebuilt dist did not have 
> hardly any point gap . Set that, no go.  Changed out the old MsSD coil for 
> one that does not need a external ballast resister. No go. Took off the 
> 3310 Hlley carb and someone had put the accelerator pump diaphram in 
> upside down!  AAHH-HAA!----No go.  Put in new points and condensor, no go. 
> Had plenty of spark at the wire????   It would start but popped backfired 
> puked . Has to be the carb. I bought a Holly 3310 carb at a swap meet that 
> suppossedly been rebuilt and on the shelf for a long time. I had to 
> transfer some parts from the first Holley  It would then start but still 
> popped and backfired occasionally. So then I thought the plug gap would 
> have been wider for the elet. ign. so I TOOK OUT THE PLUGS, CLEANED THEM 
> AND RESET THE GAP. ( caps not intended)   Man ! what a PITA to change 
> those plugs with headers !!! The engine started right up,  might have been 
> a combination of getting the carb soaked up with gas and the plugs.
>
> At first the engine still popped and puked back when cold, but after a 
> while when warmes up better, it started running smoother. . I stopped for 
> the day so didn't get the carb finer tuned.
>
> Question is: Is this cold missfire and puking back from two lean a low 
> speed fuel mixture?   My manual choke is not hooked up.  Any other things 
> that could still be a problem? Thanks for your 
> input...........................MO
>
>
> {Steve Mick}
> http://stevemick1964dodge.shutterfly.com/pictures/5
>
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