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Drove it around the block Saturday

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DavidAGO

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More of the B sorted out, ended up using the dist in the trunk with the ECI unit to get it running a bit smoother. compression good, valves adjusted, brakes finished bleeding, off to around the circle! real rough, dead miss. Back to the carport, #4 dead cylinder. swapped plugs, wires, still #4 dead. Turns out the dist cap has a break at the tower for #4. The exhaust leak is a blownout gasket. Now if I can get the turn signals worked out I will have working lights. The Weber downdraft vcarb won't fit on the engine; the ears that are cought by the bolts and washer are much thinner than the exhaust ears, so back to the DCOE.

At least it is all in good, clean fun

DavidAGO
 
DavidAGO said:
More of the B sorted out, ended up using the dist in the trunk with the ECI unit to get it running a bit smoother. compression good, valves adjusted, brakes finished bleeding, off to around the circle! real rough, dead miss. Back to the carport, #4 dead cylinder. swapped plugs, wires, still #4 dead. Turns out the dist cap has a break at the tower for #4. The exhaust leak is a blownout gasket. Now if I can get the turn signals worked out I will have working lights. <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FF0000">The Weber downdraft vcarb won't fit on the engine; the ears that are cought by the bolts and washer are much thinner than the exhaust ears, so back to the DCOE.</span></span>

At least it is all in good, clean fun

DavidAGO
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David, that's common on some manifolds for a 32/36 down draft. You need to make up washers that are thicker on the carb manifold side. You can do this by splitting the same size in diameter washers in half that are the thickness needed and tack them to the standard OM washers, giving you a washer that's thicker on one side than the other. It will work, just needs a little tweaking. PJ
 
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