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Re: [oletrucks] Finally runs right!

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Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Finally runs right!
From: "Charles Culver" <sculver@iwl.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 15:00:39 -0700
The many woes that can be caused by a little old ground wire!

Smokey
'50 3600 5-window

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Burt <tburt@hirose.com>
To: 'Kevin Lake' <lakek@oit.edu>; 'Wayne Osborne' <wcosborne@inetnow.net>;
'oletrucks' <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, April 19, 1999 8:54 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Finally runs right!


>Guys,
>I've been chasing my tail so to speak for the last two months now.  In that
>course of time, I think I've learned a lot.
>The misfire seemed to have happened from burning points (two sets in the
>last 4-months).  After the first set was replaced, the distributer advance
>plate was incorrectly grounded (PO had simply looped the ground wire back
>to the plate again - duh).  I then changed it so that it grounded to the
>distributer body (at the vacuum advance mounting screw).  Thinking that
>they were still good, I neglected to check the points again.  As time
>progressed, the problem seemed to get better then get worse ultimately
>driving me nuts.
>
>I had replaced everything associated with the ignition system but the
>points.
>
>While at the local 76 station, I got to talking to a my mechanic friends.
> They urged me to replace the points and recheck the timing.  They had
>indicated that the exhaust is indeed a little raw smelling.  We proceeded
>to spend last Saturday nosing around.  Results were as follows:
>
>Points:  Badly burned  => Replaced
>Timing:  15 deg BTC  => Changed to 8 deg BTC
>Edelbrock Carb:  HC=2000+ and CO 14%  => Adjusted to HC=395 and CO 3%
>Rear-end Vibration on Backlash:  3-rear differential flange bolts loose,
>yikes!  Pinon now has to be reset. => Tightened bolts and refilled with new
>gear oil.
>
>Notes:
>1.) Operating temp now runs at 180 deg, was around 160 deg F.
>2.) No more hestitation on acceleration.  No more vibration on
>deceleration.
>3.) No more fast idle after hard run.
>4.) No more raw gas smell.
>5.) Runs as smooth as silk!
>
>Say, Anybody out there got a spare rear axel assembly with good
>flange/housing?
>
>Tom B. '57 Stepside 3200
>
>
>
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>
>

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