doctor dirt Posted January 23, 2016 Report Posted January 23, 2016 Gotcha, bringing the coupe Monday to get dialed in! I'll get back here as soon as it's finished. Doc Quote
doctor dirt Posted January 28, 2016 Report Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) Distributor diaphram was in bad shape, luckly I gave two away to a young man who is best friends with the mechanic so the youngman donated it back to me! Thats good karma in the mopar community. He does something with the distributor in regards to the current fuel we use, not sure exactly what but you mechanicly inclined folks will know. The carbs aren't to off and he will dial them in once he gets the distributor (air flow) up to par. Looks like cylinder 3 is lacking and that will wait until mid summer arrives and the car gets much less use here in Florida. I'm to old to go without AC when its 95+. So I should have a much "faster" flathead 6 back by mid week. Heres hoping! Doc Edited January 28, 2016 by doctor dirt Quote
doctor dirt Posted February 4, 2016 Report Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) Picked up the coupe this morning and was happy with the work that young John from Jim's Garage in Venice Fl. did. He rebuilt the distributor and set the mech. and vac advance and reset the linkage and tuned the carbs using the air flow. However the OD is not engaging, I will go over the wiring I got from Mr. Asche and double check the selonoid and relay units. It seems the new reley I had bought was replaced with a used one when the unit was sent back!! This has all gotten very tiring, and as tired as I am of the people associated with "fixing" this cars problem is as tired as I am about talking about them. I'm sure everyone here is sick of it too. I've wasted good money on so called pros long enough, the 25 year old young man who got the timing and performance right out worked all the old pros who got nothing right! best to all, get your cars worked on in person and from people who guarentee their work! Doc Edited February 4, 2016 by doctor dirt Quote
p15-1948 Posted January 27 Report Posted January 27 I know this is an old post, I've enjoyed reading it. Getting ready to install a R10G-1 from a 53 into my 49. Would like to know if the two OD's discussed got straightened out and running correctly? Thanks Mike 1 Quote
martybose Posted January 27 Author Report Posted January 27 Mine certainly was fixed. It was working perfectly when I sold the car, it was still working perfectly when the car was resold to another buyer. I have lost track of the car now, wish I knew how it is doing. Marty 2 Quote
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