RE: FINALLY!!!

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, that's what it was! I thought we had an earthquake too :-)

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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Steve Mick wrote:
> 
>   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 
> 



Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-kinsley64polara.html


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