I was able to put in some time yesterday afternoon on trying to resolve some of the cars issues with varying degrees of success......
I replaced the leaking accelerator pump gasket.
After that I re-installed the original heater control valve.....the retaining clip that holds the valve on the firewall bracket mysteriously vanished after it slid off the fender protectors and fell somewhere into oblivion on the frame rail. I am hoping it is wedged in somewhere I can't see it and won't fall out on its own. I also removed the glovebox to see if anyting was astray with the vacuum hoses behind the dash. Nothing looks out of place so I need to do some more testing with a vacuum pump and gauge as I still don't have heat with the correct heater control valve in place. More work to do there........
I was able to grab the lock cylinder numbers from the glovebox door and ignition to get some original keys made up - sent those off to Steve Walker this morning.
I wanted to check timing and related just to know what where things were at. The car seemed to run pretty well so I didn't expect to find much. When I took the distributor cover off, the #5 wire was not in the terminal. I was able to just move the boot back and get the wire properly seated.
I dug out Dad's old school tune up equipment and set the dwell at 30 (it was 15) and the timing at 8 degrees initial. I was able to source 5 gallons of 100LL fuel as well.
Was hoping for significanlty better results and not sure why - but now the car breaks up above 3,500 RPM. After some consulting with my brother and Tim I sourced some new AC 45 plugs that will be here tomorrow. Hoping that is the culprit.
Took some pics of what appears to be the original starter and coil. Ended the afternoon with polishing and waxing. Paint still is what it is, but definitely took it up a couple notches and is now pretty presentable.
I also found out what needs to be my next priority, the upper control arm bushings are beyond smoked, so I need to get those replaced sooner rather than later.
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