1966 Plymouth Fury 3

[PhilA]

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Reassembled it all this morning and when I remembered that your can install the distributor backwards and still get the timing mark to show up correctly, it fired up briefly (carb needs a rebuild kit thrown in it).

[PhilA]

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Put a rebuild kit on the carb.

Better for a short while and the float began sticking again, and it keeps backfiring and sneezing gasoline out; usually in a large fireball.

[PhilA]

Might have blown the power valve diaphragm. I'll check tomorrow.

[Scruffy Bodger]

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Put a rebuild kit on the carb.

Better for a short while and the float began sticking again, and it keeps backfiring and sneezing gasoline out; usually in a large fireball.

That sounds thoroughly entertaining.

[PhilA]

That sounds thoroughly entertaining.

It's great fun. I didn't like my eyebrows anyway

[Scruffy Bodger]

That sounds thoroughly entertaining.

It's great fun. I didn't like my eyebrows anyway

At least they match your head now

[PhilA]

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For those of you with morbid curiosity, I pulled the compression readings for each cylinder. Remember the back 4 were full of water.

Better than I thought I would get to be honest. Also widened the plug gaps because HEI likes 45 thou'. Apparently this causes higher peak voltage but less susceptibility to tracking across the cap (heck knows how that works) but it did actually bark a couple times and almost stay running. Carb continues to leak.

[PhilA]

The Holley has decided to fail, despite my best efforts so I dug the original manifold out and the carb that fitted it.

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The manifold looks ok. Much more heavy and needs cleaning up because it was sat in water.

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The OEM carburetor. Doesn't look too bad and nothing was seized up.

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Someone came in with a full tube of RTV and just troweled it on everything.
I went looking for spares for it because a few pieces are missing. Whilst doing that, I saw the BBD (this one) and the WCD grouped into the same manual.

Really?

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Problem solved, the spare carb from the Pontiac fits. That'll do to test with.

Phil

[PhilA]

You also do realize that's like having the carburetor from a Standard Ten fit onto a Chevette...

[mercrocker]

I was just going to post my incredulity at your findings......Bit of a result for the job in hand, though.