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gmanrides · 07-25-2015, 08:51 AM

Hey guys I had a chance to work on this engine last night and here is what I found. The Autolite 414's were too long and the valves were coming in contact slightly. I removed them and believe it or not it took 4 parts houses to come up with two sets of plugs the 216's and the H10C. I gaped them and put the 216's in and it ran great for about 4 miles running through the gears and smiling but then I got an ever so slight miss. So I turned it around and headed back and the miss worsened but made it home. Pulled the plugs and rechecked gap and for contact all looked good. Vacuum bounced between 12-15 but steady at 20 around 2500 rpm's. Dwell meter showed 34 deg. Today I am heading to the garage to mark TDC and pull the distributor and inspect.
So far I removed the two 97's and installed a single 94, sending the 97's to Uncle Max since I could not get them to lean out enough. New plugs, coil and condensor.
I have ordered new plug wires, cap, rotor, dist cap, points but have not arrived yet.
The engine has low miles on it. The gentleman I bought the car from gave me all the receipts and it looks to be .030 over and is suppose to have a 400 JR cam in it which may have something to do with the vacuum reading at idle? Any input or ideas? I'll keep plugging away in the meantime. Thanks Gary

07-25-2015, 08:51 AM	#1
gmanrides Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Ashland City, TN Posts: 130	59 AB Missing Hey guys I had a chance to work on this engine last night and here is what I found. The Autolite 414's were too long and the valves were coming in contact slightly. I removed them and believe it or not it took 4 parts houses to come up with two sets of plugs the 216's and the H10C. I gaped them and put the 216's in and it ran great for about 4 miles running through the gears and smiling but then I got an ever so slight miss. So I turned it around and headed back and the miss worsened but made it home. Pulled the plugs and rechecked gap and for contact all looked good. Vacuum bounced between 12-15 but steady at 20 around 2500 rpm's. Dwell meter showed 34 deg. Today I am heading to the garage to mark TDC and pull the distributor and inspect. So far I removed the two 97's and installed a single 94, sending the 97's to Uncle Max since I could not get them to lean out enough. New plugs, coil and condensor. I have ordered new plug wires, cap, rotor, dist cap, points but have not arrived yet. The engine has low miles on it. The gentleman I bought the car from gave me all the receipts and it looks to be .030 over and is suppose to have a 400 JR cam in it which may have something to do with the vacuum reading at idle? Any input or ideas? I'll keep plugging away in the meantime. Thanks Gary