Worden18 Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Yeah it ran good. No real problems. Since it had no compression it got over 20mpg too. Later it suffered from a bad set of points or condenser, or both. But I had the engine rebuilt and a Pertronix kit put in. No problems at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51_Meadowbrook Posted September 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) That’s what a mechanic in town said. I was describing it and he told a story about his rambler that was similar to what you said. But if you describe this situation everyone seems to jump to valve guides. I can’t say for certain it doesn’t smoke when I accelerate. I am generally looking forward at that time. I get about 17mpg at the current time. It gets a random skip too so I wouldn’t be surprised if it uncovers some more things the deeper I get on it. I’m waiting for my Cadillac to get back from the doctors for it’s transmission before I take the Meadowbrook apart. I hate the idea of not having a fun old car to drive around in. Edited September 22, 2018 by 51_Meadowbrook 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51_Meadowbrook Posted September 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 I did some research and it does in fact smoke at acceleration as well. I did some rapid acceleration and highway driving for long periods of time. Overall it was a fun day of driving around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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