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Vacuum leak ended up being gaskets on the Weber carb adapter plates which I know is common. Made my own with some Felpro rubber/paper gasket material and leak gone. All set. Now to replace the muffler to remind me of my stupidity!! Thanks again all.

And this is exactly it. Called and talked with a mechanic friend for a bit and his advice was it’s 100% your timing, now just have to slow down and figure it out. Went back to tdc cyl 1 and yes rotor pointing towards 5/6ish spark plug on head. Pulled distributor and moved oil pump slot to...

Sounds like high pitch/high forced air to me as well. When I put the exhaust and intake manifold back together it just has a block off plate in place with 2 gaskets. Should be wide open from the head through the exhaust manifold into the pipe but another thing to check. Intake wide open. It...

It did sound like a cannon. I’ll start with the electrical and double check the timing again. I thought for sure I had it out by a full turn on the flywheel setting it at tdc on exhaust but have checked and rechecked that since it seemed like the most obvious. To the point of valve cover off...

I haven’t. It’s never been running, just some weak efforts at starting with some backfires. This is what let me to double and triple check timing/valve position, etc. The noise is befuddling! After flooding it at one point there was an exhaust pipe backfire which actually ruptured the...

Didn't honestly think about that, kind of sounded like further back towards firewall but.....Will definitely give it a try. If its a weasel its a damn angry one no doubt.

Tried to read as much as I could here and online and not finding much to explain my dilemma at this point. For Context: 1977 FJ40 2F motor with a Weber 38DGAS carb. I was fixing a rear main oil galley leak with the engine out and got a little carried away with doing more work on it (likely...

Great options here guys and I thought I was going to be s*** outta luck. Let me think on it as well as see what my local fabricator (we are in NASCAR country) can do with the current one and I'll reach back out shortly. Thanks and have a great Thanksgiving!

Awesome. Thanks.

Guess I cant’t DM you guys. 65swb45, how much to ship the one you have to 28117c Mooresville, NC. Thanks. Brad

Thanks for this. Good options to have. In both your experiences I’m guessing having mine welded where it’s cracked off will be a challenge? Let me think on both of these and I’ll DM you both.

Awesome. I appreciate that.

Good idea. Here are a few pics of the intake and the broken piece.

Rebuilding the 2F engine from my 1977 SA FJ40 and the intake manifold has a huge chunk broken off at a mounting point/into the manifold body. Anyone have an extra laying around they might part with?