[daveymc29]

On my way to Texas in 2008, I had the misfortune to developed a backfiring and missing that several folks tried their best to cure for me. We checked every wire connection to make sure it was tight and rebuilt the carburetor and distributor a couple of times as well as replacing intake and exhaust manifold gaskets, re-torquing the head and replacing most anything to do with gas or spark. Had the bride bring me a carb and distributor which were swapped out. When cold I could start the car in the morning and run until it needed gas, then it would hardly pull out of the gas station. I found a sweet spot to get it up to speed by fiddling with the GAV which to a bit of tweaking, but once up to speed it seemed to be okay until I needed gas or stopped for any reason, On the return trip it suddenly began to run fine and gave no trouble for another year or two, then suddenly did the same thing right near home. One guy touched my alternator as we went around the car and the wire moved. I squeezed it with pliers and have had no problem since. I had replaced the alternator without noticing the wire clip to be loose. That one almost had me come home on a hook. Things that have brought me home on a hook were gas filters and radiator plugged. Other than that I have limped home without brakes, no water pump function and the death wobble. Also with no clutch pedal, wouldn't move the clutch. Drove a few miles and replaced the original little arm which had split.