Well, success is how you you measure it they say. Today is not what got fixed, but the multiple “what the…”; unanswered questions generated vs resolved.
I did resolve this isn’t moving anytime soon - that mental block is gone. I did manage to pull some parts and start in on more steering stuff.
Rented a pitman puller from O‘Riley and got the gear box removed. Took off the rag joint. Decided since I have more issues than realized, sending the box to Mark’s (
@65swb45) Monday. Rag joint, TRE, and drag link from
@cruiseroutfit and OEM dampener are on deck. And a center link rebuild- forgot that. Plus some cleaning and degreasing while I figure out what is going on. Maybe remove some smog stuff ( EGR now the fender and gear box are off) after getting kit from Jim
@FJ40Jim this week.
(I did pull the plug on gear box, took a peak, and full of red grease - put plug on and decided I don’t want to know - was expecting something that resembles 90wt & pours - maybe ok IDK).
I’m questioning the carb now. Something isn’t right, somewhere with fuel and air anyway. Got 210 miles on the engine now and will pull plugs and see what they say. (there is more, but want to see the plugs first)
Was hooking up a vacuum gage to a warmed engine to see what it is pulling etc and test various ports (mainly to learn about it all), engine load went up to 2500 RPM (estimating by the sound) then the car died after letting off gas. Only way to start and keep it running was with choke. Stopped what I’m doing to take a break and think (after 5-10 minutes of that cycle =start with choke, run with choke, die at choke off).
Decide to get over it and to take it to storage garage (for a longer term) so out of the way 20-30 minutes later - go back to rig, start with choke, leave choke 1/4 out, back out, drive over and things seems ok and so I set choke to off and no problem rest of the day. (It is like when you give your dog one piece of table scrap, and they snarf it and stare back at you as if they have no memory of what just happened).
To success
