[Amc-list] sometimes things go your way...

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

TRY AGAIN!!!

On Sunday the idle on the 63 American got a bit bumpy. 4000 or so miles 
on the plugs, thought it was time for a look-see. Tightened all the 
screws on the carb real tight. (Just kidding, tweaked idle mixture 
lean-drop.) Did a compression check since all the plugs were out...

Man, I can't believe this car was gonna be parted out.

Compression is 135-145 all cylinders, except #6 was 130. Have to drag 
out my notes to see what it was in the spring, but if anything, it's 
improved.

The plugs were *perfect*. No ash, completely consistently faint beige. 
Gaps had all opened to about .042, I dropped 'em back to .035 - .040. 
Like textbook perfect.

It seeps oil all over! Rear seal drops a puddle of a dozen drops over 
night. It may be that it's worth dropping the pan to shut that stuff off 
and see if I can pull that Best rear seal in. Never did that before!



I gotta get the ignition timing under control. My hacks to the 
distributor gives me too much advance under 1600 or so, (bumpy from 
advance) but pretty good at 1800-up. Knocked it back to 6PBTDC static 
(was 8) and that did it (with vacuum it's like 25 degrees at idle!) I 
can't get enough mechanical range out of it. I really need to make a 
junkyard run for an HEI distrib  (will I find one out there?) small TBI, 
a MAP sensor to play with, and who knows what other fun stuff.



PS: If you're in Los Angeles 1 Nov Saturday I'm having a big lab rummage 
sale! Kold War Krap. http://wps.com/temp/regime-change.html.
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