Cant wait to see more progress Clutch! Hopefully you can get the spark issue sorted out..Its looking good so far!
78 cutlass W-31 build
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Thanks I'm almost out of time but I'm trying it's tough with the car so far from home. I'm hoping to make it street legal next week then I can bring it back home
Yeah I hear that...I was supposed to start working on my cutlass too but at it's my parents.
Sounds good clutch, my thoughts are with you hopefully you'll get it fired up!
Sounds good clutch, my thoughts are with you hopefully you'll get it fired up!
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We're do I stat?
Went to old bridge and wrenched all day found and fixed a few problems I think my spark issue was the coil or at least the ground inside the cap I took it apart to change the cap and rotor and found it was covered in rust. The guy who was using the garage before me left behind a few buckets of old racing junk I dug around and found an msd hei cap with the coil in it! Score! I used that coil in my new cap put my new wires on and got fire in the holes! Come to find I had the distributor in 1 or 2 teath off I must have rotated the engine when I was installing the ballencer. That said it ran but not well major fuel issues I could only make it run hand feeding the carb by filling the bowl threw the vent and the accelerator pump is junk. I knew the carb off of the parts car would need a rebuild but I thaught it would at least run oh well I got the numbers and I'll order the kit tonight
I only thaught it would run because the parts car ran but I keep forgetting that was years ago and it ran crappy then
So I drug it out of the weeds and took the pictures for DMV and the insurance company and stuck it back in the garage for more pictures to insure a classic here it needs to be in a building (another dumb Jersey law) so here is some shots of it the good side
the bad side
and so on
stay tuned more to come I just need to crop them
Went to old bridge and wrenched all day found and fixed a few problems I think my spark issue was the coil or at least the ground inside the cap I took it apart to change the cap and rotor and found it was covered in rust. The guy who was using the garage before me left behind a few buckets of old racing junk I dug around and found an msd hei cap with the coil in it! Score! I used that coil in my new cap put my new wires on and got fire in the holes! Come to find I had the distributor in 1 or 2 teath off I must have rotated the engine when I was installing the ballencer. That said it ran but not well major fuel issues I could only make it run hand feeding the carb by filling the bowl threw the vent and the accelerator pump is junk. I knew the carb off of the parts car would need a rebuild but I thaught it would at least run oh well I got the numbers and I'll order the kit tonight
I only thaught it would run because the parts car ran but I keep forgetting that was years ago and it ran crappy then
So I drug it out of the weeds and took the pictures for DMV and the insurance company and stuck it back in the garage for more pictures to insure a classic here it needs to be in a building (another dumb Jersey law) so here is some shots of it the good side
I hope they are good enough for DMV and insurance I can't read the damn vin# or the trim tag but I'll get them printed and give it a try
I so wish I had a set of 3.08 gears and a stage 2 posi carrier to throw in it before I start the body work
She don't look bad mr Eric. Just a little tlc. You will get the bugs out. Hang in there. Love the air cleaner!
Thanks I was just thinking it's becoming a chore with the car so far away
Just found and ordered the carb kit on eBay you know the one the auto parts store said wasn't available asshats
for the right carb hopefully. I go through quadrajetparts.com for all my qjet stuff.
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