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It's running!

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RustyRed

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Well....I started out just thinking of changing out the coil and adding a Pertronix a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to all the spliced up wires, etc the previous owner left me I wasn't getting enough volts at the coil. The more I studied what he had, the less I liked what I saw.

Basically, you could say a tune up turned into replacing the gauge feed harnes, adding a ground strap, eliminating some screwed up home made harness with a relay and having Randy refurbish my under dash harness but it's all done now.

Finished up putting in the main harness yesterday and today. She fired right up on the first try.

In the course of this process since I was waiting on the harness to come back anyway I replaced the vaccum deal that attaches to the distributor. I knew I was still having a funky vaccum problem but she was shifting on time and smooth today so guess I got that fixed also.

Still need to get around to adjusting my carb but glad the Stang is basically running again. :pbj
 
Great work...but I'm jealous. Mine is back to being in the "currently under construction" phase, again.
 
"66gt350" said:
Great work...but I'm jealous. Mine is back to being in the "currently under construction" phase, again.
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If it makes you feel any better...I still need to adjust my carb. But first I have to figure out what's up with my choke. I am not positive it's getting volts. I hooked it up to the Strator post on the alternator but I am not sure about where I grounded it and was thinking of moving the ground elsewhere. First I was planning to stick a volts meter on it. Yesterday after letting it idle for five to ten minutes it still stalled on my 3 times just getting out of the garage. Ran pretty well down the road except for stumbling a couple of times making corners and back fired once or twice also while making a turn. Granted it was cooler out yesterday and it hasn't run in three + weeks but it should have been warming up by then.

I probably should check my timing also. I turned the distributor on accident when I was screwing around with it installing the vacuum piece. I had turned it back to my best guess of where it was when doing the install. When I started it up yesterday it was running a little rough so I turned it a little and it sounded better. I wasn't trying to get it exact just wanted to get it close for a test drive around the neighborhood yesterday.
 
:vic. Good work Rusty! Wish I could hear mine running but alas I have a long way to go before that happens.
 
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