Two steps forward and one step back .............I decided to move the cars around yesterday and work on getting the garage set up for warmer weather. Roads are also now clean enough to allow for some behind the wheel time. Chevelle brakes work great but found another "minor" issue. The trans will not shift out of first gear. I assume this was a vacuum issue even though everything was hooked up - or so I thought. I sent Eric a picture of vacuum hose routing on the new carb, which I thought was the same as my old speed shop Holley it replaced - but it's not. I have the vacuum modulator and vacuum advance hooked up to the TCS port (this is a 70 specific carb) and there is not sufficient vacuum on the TCS port. Eric was kind enough to call me and walk me through how to get things re-routed. I need to search through my parts to see if I have the proper intake manifold fitting with another port to hood up the vacuum modulator line and then "T" into the choke line for the vacuum advance. To be clear this is not an issue on Eric's end - I had it plumbed incorrectly. I sent him the picture at 7:15 this morning and by 7:45 he had it diagnosed and solved. Onward!
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