Re: Ping In 359 Engine

Posted by Don Shields On 2014/4/27 23:50:30

Thanks, OD for the link to that thread. Funny that didn't show up in my search before starting this topic; I guess I didn't word the search just right. Interesting fix, I'll have to take a look at my distributor to see what he's talking about. Can't help but wonder if they wouldn't have gotten the same result if they just retarded the timing a little bit.

Thanks, also, packard1984 for your suggestion to unhook the vacuum line and see how it is. I hadn't thought of that. I know to plug the vacuum line or the carb'll be running so lean that it'll most probably create a lean misfire.

I was given a compression gauge years ago by a retiring mechanic. It has to be held in place while the engine cranks. Since I don't have a remote starter and I'm a lone wolf, there's no way I can hold that and turn the ignition key at the same time. That's why I rely on the vacuum gauge readings so much. Now I was checking the vacuum back in '06, so I don't remember the reading exactly but I know it was 20 or 21 and rock steady. It went to near zero when the throttle was goosed and quickly returned to a steady 20 or 21 when the throttle snapped back to idle. I'll be using the gauge before, during and after retarding the spark.