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PackardDon wrote:
The gap is a big large if still 6v positive ground! Shouldn’t it be more like .028”? Maybe Fred knows for sure.
Ordinarily, I'd question it, maybe. But I read it online, and it has to be the 1000% God's Honest Truth because I read it online. It's still 6v but I bought the hottest 6v coil I could find. I can't remember the output voltage, so I'll have to look that up. And, somehow, I managed to buy 2 of them, so I can do this again if need be.
The existing plugs I removed were .030+", so with a tired coil, that may have contributed to its starting issues as much as anything. I went to crank it yesterday morning, and I did what the owner's manual said. I turned on the key, no patting the pedal, and just pushed it to engage. It fired off on half a crank. I still have points and condenser to install, and the cap was back-ordered, so I figured that I'd do all those when the cap gets in and check out the guts for looseybits.
We did go for a longish drive yesterday, and it was hot as Hell. When the guy put this car back together, he installed a 195* t-stat and a new water temp gauge. It held right at 200* in the heat, which was impressive. But the car bogs slightly on light acceleration, like to account for changes in grade or to change speed. I wondered that, if the carb is set up to run at 165* and it's running hotter, if some setting on the accelerator pump is off now because of this. It also was a bit hard to start after it had sat for 20-25 minutes, and it stalled. It did restart and went ahead and ran fine (save for the wee bogging) on the way home. It does pull nicely when foot is applied to loud pedal.
Still, I think I'm going to trailer it to the car show tomorrow - so it doesn't embarrass me (or Fred). After all, Wat can do that enough all on his own . . . .
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