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tubman · 02-23-2021, 08:35 PM

First, I would suggest that you take that silly dual carb wannabe off and put a single carb on the manifold. Second, pull the distributor and take a look at the bottom of the shaft. There may be an incompatibility between the distributor and the front cover. Some distributors have an extended shaft below the gear. If you have a front cover that doesn't have the provision for the extended shaft, you'll have trouble. Has this combination (heads, distributor, front cover) ever run together before?

(I'd much rather discuss stuff like this than my age.)

02-23-2021, 08:35 PM	#2
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 10,316	Re: Trouble shoot 1950 8Ba initial start up Help First, I would suggest that you take that silly dual carb wannabe off and put a single carb on the manifold. Second, pull the distributor and take a look at the bottom of the shaft. There may be an incompatibility between the distributor and the front cover. Some distributors have an extended shaft below the gear. If you have a front cover that doesn't have the provision for the extended shaft, you'll have trouble. Has this combination (heads, distributor, front cover) ever run together before? (I'd much rather discuss stuff like this than my age.) Last edited by tubman; 02-23-2021 at 08:54 PM.