Recent content by John MacDonald

A friend gave me a 351-c, and I was thinking of installing it in my 48,which is stock right now with the 239 flat, is this a easy swap or will I run into lots of problems to overcome. I would put a Mustang front end on first, Thoughts

this is a follow up to post I had posted last month or so.I finally got the car running reasonably well with Charlie Schwendler help, problem seemed to be a combination of little things, one being I was running car with a non-vented lockable gas cap,Charlie re- calibrated my distributor. I...

have agreed to return distributor to Charlie to have a look at.Thanks

what would happen if I backed off vacuum brake, could plunger be stuck?? car sits a lot.

pulled spark plug wire off last night and just about sent me 10 feet into the night sky so lots of spark

Ok will do,this distributor was rebuild and calibrated by Charlie Schwendler about year ago with very few miles on it, but will pull off and recheck everything, Thanks again

kind of like running on one cylinder

I have sort of a steep driveway, will not rev up enough to produce power to climb small incline, but after replacing condenser and coil did manage to get it out of driveway, but little power to shift gears, nursed it home(again) pretty sure not carb or fuel pump as both have been replaced and...

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Can someone advise me on how to check my timing on my 1948 2dr sedan with the 239. idles real nice but no power when revved up. Used my vacuum gauge and said late timing, but almost in green for normal engine, saw in another post about loose wire in distributor, will check that out. have...

yes, their is more than one John MacDonald, is he a mac or mc??

checked coil with multi-meter and coil ok. waiting for new condenser from NAPA hope that works.

alanwoodieman, you may be on to something, will let you know. tks

Checked all things that were suggested, car rolls freely, no sticking clutch, put oil down spark plug holes twice, will try road test tomorrow. Funny thing is I did compression check first thing all cylinders running 100-125.All most certain must be some valves not seating all the way.

I like that idea,will let you know how I make out.