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The "coil spring" on the passenger side on the 53 Merc is weak and thus the hood holds up about half way and when shut the hood I have to push that side down snug at the cowl. Is there an adjustment or do I have to replace it....maybe both while I'm at it? If so, what are we talking here? Don

Now that's interesting......never seen one. :eek:

OK......I'll bite....wth is a "crab distributor" ? Or am I just a dumb bunny?

I hear everyone, on the classic cob-jobs we old car and truck (and motorcycle) guys encounter. I'm just critical of myself for not discovering the simple and hopefully, the correct answer as to why my car was not running right. I'm also prepared to find out that this discovery might not be the...

So maybe a long time ago, my car had 2G on it? When they put the teapot (and who knows if or when) on just kept that weird gasket? That still makes no sense with the overhang and the cut-outs letting air in where it shouldn't be let in. Like I said, that thing was there for what looks like, a...

Any day now. I'll put it on and cross my fingers, eyes, legs, arms.......:D

Thanks Roy, So just mount the carb on the gasket I have, like yours and toss that POS thing that was under it and most likely the cause of all my problems? I'll flip if this is all it was all along......:)

Here is that old leaky gasket in a close-up. You can see the "ghosts" of the two holes (pic 1)on it on one side and the "ghost" of what looks like that groove in my carb (pic2), I'm waiting on. So it looks like those hold where covered for many years. The groove "ghost is on the same side as the...

That's a good question. I'm waiting on the carb and it should be back soon, after they tested it as I stated above. The gasket as you can see does not nor did the weird gasket shown that was a source of leaks. Those two holes were covered, and I think were covered when I bought the car a year...

And...the bane of my existence :( The question is.......why was it there in the first place? It was glued down to boot! So just use the one (correct) gasket I have and hope that solves this mystery?

So, while waiting on the teapot carb, I decided to clean the manifold mount. On it was this strange gasket I'm showing here that was under the regular gasket you mount the carb on. Why it was there was beyond me and I noticed that it has two cut-outs that extend over the mount that appear to be...

I've eliminated the carb as the problem at this point after watching it perform on the video the rebuilders sent me. And yes, the vacuum is one area I'll test for sure. Could I plug all the lines other than the metal one from the carb to the dist can and see if that helps? If it does then...

I'll let all know when I figure it out. Got some specs on dist. settings and timing. After checking for vacuum leaks, I'll go there....

Inconsistent idle to start with. Like the car has a mind of it's own. The idle mixture does not hold a setting. The car seems to lose its setting when revved up. My mechanic tried to set the vacuum with a gage to no avail. He said he could get it to idle OK but when you revved the engine the...

Rebuilt engine, so I don't think there is an issue there. The dist. shaft is secure and tight, and the engine rebuilder said he didn't see a problem there, as far as bushings go. I checked the dist vacuum can and the diaphragm doesn't leak. I'm leaning toward a leak somewhere in the lines or a...