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This week I'm trying to get the 62 presentable for
taking to Chattanooga Friday. Got all 4 power windows to work after
rebuilding two motors and some tlc.
I then drove the car for the first time other than
around the block when I did the trade. It did fine except for a rough idle
and slight stumble off idle.
This morning I decided to do a quick tuneup and in
the process of checking the timing, I realized the vacuum advance was not
working. Could not find a vacuum advance at any local shop but Autozone
had a complete distributor for 38 bucks. Put it in and the car idled great
but pingged like mad Messed with advancing and retarding the timing,
setting dwell, all the tricks I knew. Nothing worked. Push the gas
and it pings and rattles. Messing with it made it better or worse but
nothing made it go away.
So I called the Doctor. (Robert Soule) who told me
the new distributor probably had the wrong vacuum advance unit for the car and
was over advancing the timing. So what have I done? Disconnected the
vacuum advance and set the timing at 16 btdc. It runs fine but has the
same lumpy idle as the old distriubutor did.
Anyone got any ideas? Where can I get the
correct vacuum advance unit? None of my parts houses show
them.
Also going to have to do some work under the
dash. No power to the fan motors or antenna switch but the antenna
works if you jump 12V direct to the wires. Also the EL dash if
flaky. Nothing on the needles and the guages are dim and the switch has
dead spots. I'm still doing the "Dick Benjamin boogie" and twisting the
knob so perhaps it will break in. I"ve got a spare instrument cluster and
EL transformer. Makes it kind of interesting to drive at night
though.
KerryP
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