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Subject: [oletrucks] Interesting note on Ole Trucks and fuel milage, and
From: Passnb4U@aol.com
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:11:07 EST
  Just after I put the 3.54's in my '59 I drove it home, got about 17.5 MPG, 
including a little stop and go driving to work.  RPMs about 2600-2700

  Before the swap I got about 14.5-15 mpg at 3000rpms.

  But the last few trips to my Dads place, I was averaging about 14.5 again, 
still turning about 2600-2700 rpms, had me thinking I was running too rich. 
Also  been noticing a little "popping" or "chuggling" through the carb, but I 
din't think about it much, so I set the timng back a few degrees, the popping 
and chuggling went away, tightened down the distributor and revved the motor 
up a few time.

  Was just getting ready to close the hood but decided to rev it once more, 
and noticed the distributor sitting there solid as a rock, no movement at 
all, hmmn, looks like the vacuum advance diaphram musta taken a dump.

  This would explain the loss of milage.

  Just wanted to relay this for ya'll to take a look at your inlines and make 
sure you're getting advance.  Now I'm wondering if the wieghts may be frozen 
in it too? 

 Guess it's time to put the HEI in I bought off the list last year.

 Also, tomorrow morning I'm signing an offer letter on the place next door to 
my Dads, it has two homes on it and 3 acres, I'm going to let my Sister and 
Brother-inlaw lease to own 1/2 and rent the other side out, for my troubles 
and down payment to get it started, I'm taking over the barn.  It used to be 
a pig barn, has a cement slab floor, concrete foundation block side up about 
6 feet and they've been extended another 4 feet with wood, on top of that is 
a tin roof.  The "barn" (notice the " "'s) is 20 x 40.

  It won't be a shop so to speak, but it will be my ideal place to store the 
numerous vehicles iIve passed on over the years.  I can now go back to 
looking out in fields and behind barns for old cars and trucks to buy, I feel 
like a kid again:)

Mike
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