jrhoads Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I want to thank Tim for his assistance and advise over the past few days with a prolonging issue I have had. As some of you know, I purchased a new rebuilt carb and I reported how nice it seemed... well it was nice until I revved it up! I have replaced everything ignition wise (which means nothing) and it was driving me mad! Tim insisted to keep looking at the ignition. I did and nothing made sense and I told him I was going back to the fuel system. He insisted I go back to the ignition! So I took a real long hard look (in a dimly lit garage mind you) and I noticed something that caught my attention. The little screw that fastens down the condenser, distributor wire etc, was stripped the other day and I barely got it out. I replaced it with another one and I noticed it was almost touching the back side of the point assembly. So when you revved it up, it was most likely bouncing on the backside and shorting out. This was not readily noticeable. But I thought it looked questionable and I replaced it with a shorter one.All is well! Thank to Tim for not letting me change plans.. There are some pretty sharp guys on here and a wealth of knowledge.Thank you Tim! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casper50 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 It's amazing sometimes how such a small thing can be a major pain. I had a similar problem with a condenser hold down screw on a 52 Olds 2 drht. I couldn't find it but 5 minutes after a old time mechanic looked at it, it was running fine. Congrats on sticking with it and beating it in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Jim. it was a pleasure to assist you..you went to all the trouble to correctly make checks and answered all my question as they come up and allowed us to rule a lot of things out as we progressed...only you could make the test and observations...I just tried to keep you focused on the rabbit... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 What, rabbits? I thought you were into Dillon??? Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seabee1950 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Jim. it was a pleasure to assist you..you went to all the trouble to correctly make checks and answered all my question as they come up and allowed us to rule a lot of things out as we progressed...only you could make the test and observations...I just tried to keep you focused on the rabbit... Well who would of known Tim you are the man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfarerstranger Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 (edited) no fun zone Edited October 13, 2016 by wayfarerstranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Tims bad advice is better than some others "good" advice! I've put in an order for Plymouthy bobbleheads. LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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