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progress photos, yard drive model
Just a few progress photos at a major milestone
Mechanicals are done. Now switching to body.
The rough idle turned out to be a plugged low speed jet, and a vacuum leak at the vacuum pump
fixed the vacuum leak first (gasket not seated right), ran...
Carb question, surging at idle
I think I still may have a problem with carb.
The engine has a very pronounced surge at idle, almost kills, then revs up to about 1200, then almost kills.
ideas?
Made some progress over the weekend.
Fired up the engine after a long hibernation since engine work and repaint.
Ran terrible. Missing, rich. wouldn't idle.
Trouble shooting rule 1
If it runs bad, its ignition. Check everyting, make it right, make it perfect.
Rule 2
If it still...
I am on a roll sort of. I'll make pretty good progess till may, then I am going to be gone a bit for work.
Tomorrow will be a big day, got a care package from Surplus City yesterday. Clutch plate, wheel cylinders, brake lines. Tomorrow goal is clutch and put 3 speed and transfer back in...
update on some quick progress
pb blaster down the jugs, bug wrench on the crank and the engine broke free. Cleaned the carb out, temp fuel line, check the points, hot wire the coil.
Started after some patient cranking. Missed badly until bad plug wire replaced. One valve stuck which...
a couple more pix.
pulled plugs and sprayed some lube down the holes. Was able to turn the engine. hot wired the starter and moved the engine with the starter. any possibility this thing will run? Be fun to fing out.
can read the number X11 395E from the bumper. Sanded a little on the...
Uh Oh,
here we go again. I was driving down the road in the middle of no where in SC, minding my own business when I see a1 on a trailer in this fellas yard.
Stop of course.
He was selling it, got it as a trade for work and was going to sell it to some rock crawler who told him the...
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