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Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 2:42 PM
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If it was a timing issue would it start and idle
fine, only to pop under a
load?
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From: Wayne mailto
This is a long shot.
But when I was looking for the intake for my 283 I took notice that some older
manifolds needed a bit of grinding to clear an HEI and some it just wasn't going to
work.
Of course I can't name which ones.
Anyway, any chance they were grinding for clearance and went a bit
Bumgarner
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Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Chevelle
Hell
sounds like it might be one tooth off of the dist.Mark
Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Help! I had an HEI put in my 65
Pull the #1
spark plug and put a cork firmly into the hole. Turn the engine over by hand
until the cork pops out. Thats how youll know that you are on the compression
stroke and not the exhaust stroke. Turn the engine until the #1 piston is at
the top of its travel in the compression
p.s. you can put a dowel or even a plastic straw into the spark
plug hole so that you can see when the piston is at the top of its travel by whether
the dowel/straw is moving up or starting to head back down as you manually turn
the engine. Obviously you want it to be long enough that it
If it was a timing issue would it start and idle
fine, only to pop under a load?
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From:
Wayne
To: The Chevelle Mailing List
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 6:06
AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Chevelle
Hell
One Tooth Off... Yes that would
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Chevelle Hell
If it
was a timing issue would it start and idle fine, only to pop under a load
180 it would not even come close to running. The power supply for the breaker point distributor is routed through a resistance wire to drop the voltage and prevent damage to the points. A bypass wire was also used to supply the distributor with a full 12 volts at startup. On the other hand, an HEI
Help! I had an HEI put in my 65 by Shade Tree Inc.
at first it had one Pop through the carb, then another, then it got so bad I can
not drive it and had it towed. If I cover the secondary with my hand (risking
fire) and through it wide open it will not back fire. I pulled the manifold and
Did it ever run right after you had the HEI installed. It sounds as if the dist is
installed 180 out.
rick schaefer
72 El camino
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Team Chevelle #00038
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Help! I had an HEI put
I had that problem with my Nova right after a dist was installed. It
needs to be 're-stabbed', as in its installed a few (or many few)
degrees off, take it back and demand they fix it.
- r0b
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:25:39 GMT, rick schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did it ever run right after you
sounds like it might be one tooth off of the dist.Mark Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Help! I had an HEI put in my 65 by Shade Tree Inc. at first it had one Pop through the carb, then another, then it got so bad I can not drive it and had it towed. If I cover the secondary with my hand
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