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Yes they should all be on the wiring diagram. If you haven't already you should scrape the paint off of the body where the grounds connect this will save you lots of headaches down the road as well.
:headbang:Sweet Summer is finally here err... no wait something is wrong its still spring and its 85 degrees outside. Oh yeah baby perfect day for a cruise wooo hooo time to test the new electronic ignition.:iroc:
Its alive now for the pretty stuff
:eusa_dance:Ok she is running good and I mean damn good it all came down to the plugs and the timing and the wife took it out for a drive she came back smiling from ear to ear and wanted to know if we could take it to church today LOL. I knew she would like...
I think it was a build up of fuel in the exhaust as this is the first time it has back fired since I started figuring out its issues. I have done the leak down test static compression test found that it is all good just pulled front of engine apart and who ever built this engine before me was...
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here is the latest update got her to fire when it did blew out the muffler on passenger side (wife was pissed, I laughed like hell) Time for headers and new exhaust wooo hooo. Oh yeah and now the good news finally got the wife to actually sit in the Satellite she got in with a bit of a...
Sorry for taking so long to reply just decided to get a new carb and I will be damned same frickin problem just turns and turn only time it will attempt to fire is if i hold the throttle wide open then it only sputters once and then nothing.
Ignition problems??? Did a full tune up minus...
yes I put a new needle and seat in it with how dirty it was I figured that it was best to replace it and on the firing order it should b 18436572 with number one cylinder on the driver side front and the distributor rotating counter clockwise is this correct.
Ok new problem Rebuilt and cleaned Carb completely and now engine will not fire pulled plugs and it looks like the plugs are drowning in fuel. I only replaced Gaskets reset float levels and cleaned all circuits with carb cleaner circuits were dirty as all get out. By the way rockers are fine...
Okay here is the latest. Curiosity got the best of me and I tore the rocker covers off and found that I need new rockers, honestly I am surprised the dang thing was running at all because the rockers are so worn that the where the rockers sit on the shaft the holes are so wallowed out that...
Put a new points and condenser set in when I did the tune up. I do have a timing light and when I did set the timing I throttled it up to 2000 rpm and the timing did advance would have to get some timing tape to know just how much. Starting to think that it is rich at idle and lean on the top...
I tore the carb down and cleaned inspected and reset float levels on Saturday put it all back together and still had same issue. I am pretty sure the engine is stock. The intake and carb were on the car when I bought it. Also when I set the timing the mark was steady as a rock so that is a...
Clean it up paint it up and drive it everywhere. At least for the next seven years because my 9 year old helped me pick it out and wants it as his first car. Going gun metal gray redoing the factory vinyl top doing some minor engine mods (got to keep it modest if its going to be the boys first...
I have a 1966 Satellite with a 383/727 package and I am having some serious issues with off idle and top end performance. To start off I just bought this car a week ago and the kid had no information on the engine what so ever, after doing my home work and finding the casting numbers is is a...
Hey guys thank you for setting up such an awesome forum. I need all the help I can get just bought a 1966 Satellite 383/727 for $2000 it needs a little help but it is worth every dime I spent.