Carburetor Problems

[Muttley]

I'd file it flat even if it took off a bunch.

Thats precisely what I didnt want to see. It woul be great if I knew someone who could mill it flat, with a straight edge you can see about 1/32 of an inch of daylight in some places. I've taken so much material off that the small lip just inside the throat of the carb mounting flange is in danger of disappearing.

 

[Muttley]

Spent all afternoon in the garage reassembling the carb, putting in a new set of plugs, points and condenser (took forever to get that little screw in on the driver side). Attempted to set the timing with instructions over the phone from a friend of mine. Pushed it out of the garage, tried to fire it up and nothing. I seriously hate this car and I think it knows that. I've got a friend coming over in the morning to check it out and see if we can get it running again.

 

[Bob C]

The timing instructions are on page 23-24 of the link Mike gave you in post #10

Bob

 

[Muttley]

I just read through those instructions and they are about as confusing as advanced calculus.

 

[Bob C]

Try Marco's timing instructions, it has more pictures.
http://www.abarnyard.com/workshop/timing.htm

Bob

 

[Muttley]

Thanks for the link.

 

[columbiA]

"A" condensers can be changed very quickly if you remove the RH screw first,then remove LH screw by keeping slight pressure on screw driver so that screw doesnt fall out.Then new one can be inserted & LH screw installed.RH screw can be put in & both screws tightened up.Does not take more than a few minutes. Once timing is mastered its only a 5 minute job & no need to retime multiple times to get it dead on.

 

[Muttley]

Try Marco's timing instructions, it has more pictures.
http://www.abarnyard.com/workshop/timing.htm

Using that link and a little brain power I got it going again. It could still use a tiny bit of fine tuning but it is running and driving again.