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The project is going slower than I imagined. I have not gotten the 78 running well enough to consider it good enough to move forward. I also don't really want to scavenge off of the 78 to finish the 70 or the other way around. The biggest issue is that I have a 3 car garage with one stall...

I have now assembled everything hoping that this would solve the problem. The thing still starts hard but once it is running it idles ok. It still back fires through the carb and the tail pipe. I now have the toyota emissions book so I believe the vacuum hose stuff is good now. After the...

Can you give an idea of the cost? I am interested as well.

I went in today and milled the manifold. I built a fixture and bolted the exhaust manifold to it. I then checked to make sure that it was indicated in the z axis. It was within .002" so I proceeded. Then I adjusted the manifold from end to end to make sure that it was parallel. The numbers on...

I took the parts in and blasted them. I cleaned up a few other parts as well. After blasting the plate I discovered that the plate was cracked in two places. I welded both of them and flattened them so they would seal. Hopefully this will work, I will be on the lookout for a new one, or one...

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Well back at it. Thanks edwjmcgrath. I thought that the fact that I needed the choke to keep it running was a sign of a vacuum leak, I just figured that it was the carb rebuild or rotten hoses. I ended up replacing all of the hoses to be sure. They were mostly all cracked and in need of...

Thanks for the help, I have let the engine heat up to operating temp. The timing is set so that the bb is lined up with the indicator pin. I have rotated the dist both directions with some change but not a huge improvement. The fuel in the sight glass is in the middle. I think that the...

Thanks, I went and registered but there is a note that they no longer have the diagrams because toyota asked then not to supply. Anyway, I went out and adjusted the lifters, they were at .015" and .020" respectfully. I adjusted them like the book said. It didn't really change the idling...

Well I got it running.....sort of. I am pretty sure that I got all of the vacuum hose installed correctly. It took a lot of cranking to start. I ended up turning the idle adjust screw all the way in to keep it running while I got out of the vehicle to manually rev the engine. It constantly...

The ignition switch arrived today. Easiest fix so far. Took all of ten minutes to replace. Works great. Thanks for the help. I have a sep 78 and need the vacuum line diagram. The one that I posted is very good but the numbers on mine are different. Is there a way to cross reference the...

thanks for the replies. I went to the parts store to get new battery cables and the guy looked them up and I bought them and brought them home.... the positive was fine but the negative was too short. I will order that switch and install when it gets here. I went into work and blasted some...

I will give that a try. There are no aftermarket items on the 40. The wiring has some issues so I will go through some of the connectors and clean up the ground and replace the positive lead. Did the starter come with a ground to frame from factory? The clunk noise sounds like you just engaged...