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by 64powerglide
Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:31 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Spark, Fuel - no start....HELP OUT OF IDEAS
Replies: 30
Views: 5829

Re: Spark, Fuel - no start....HELP OUT OF IDEAS

Ted, my right carb kept leaking so I set the float level at 1 & 3/8 & have the float drop at 1 & 3/4 & haven't had a problem since. Before I did that I would start it & right away knew it was running on 3 cylinders. Once I got out & walked to the back of the car & the rig...
by 64powerglide
Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:25 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Spark, Fuel - no start....HELP OUT OF IDEAS
Replies: 30
Views: 5829

Re: Spark, Fuel - no start....HELP OUT OF IDEAS

Ted, I should have said float drop. Sounds like his is flooding out. Then the plugs get wet & won't fire. After a while the plugs dry out & it starts but when it's off for a short time it won't start again. Ask me how I know this happens. ::-): Click the attacnment to enlarge.
by 64powerglide
Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:18 am
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Spark, Fuel - no start....HELP OUT OF IDEAS
Replies: 30
Views: 5829

Re: Spark, Fuel - no start....HELP OUT OF IDEAS

Float level should be close to 1 & 3/4 inches.
by 64powerglide
Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:48 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Spark, Fuel - no start....HELP OUT OF IDEAS
Replies: 30
Views: 5829

Re: Spark, Fuel - no start....HELP OUT OF IDEAS

Did you put a timing light on it & check the timing running? You need to be at 12 to 16 BTDC. :my02:
by 64powerglide
Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:14 am
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: TIIIORD?
Replies: 5
Views: 1426

Re: TIIIORD?

The Issue With Aluminum This choice made problems for Chevy and GM: aluminum is much more expensive to produce than iron, and GM had no plant devoted to molding things out of aluminum. Thus, GM would have to either build its own plant or convert an existing one.GM started talking with Alcoa Reynolds...
by 64powerglide
Sat Jul 13, 2019 7:50 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Tires
Replies: 26
Views: 4817

Re: Tires

:tu: Thank you for your service young man. :not worthy: In 1964 I went to Ft. Wayne in Detroit for the draft & 2 weeks later I got a letter saying I was unfit for military service but they didn't give the reason.
by 64powerglide
Sat Jul 13, 2019 11:59 am
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Tires
Replies: 26
Views: 4817

Re: Tires

Ted. Wait until you get 75 & are half deaf. :tongue: To many bars in the 80's for me. Vertigo so bad sometimes you have to hang on to the spinning bed while your body spins the other direction & when you are driving & have one of those spells, :eek: scary. I had one where I hit the brake...
by 64powerglide
Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:10 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Tires
Replies: 26
Views: 4817

Re: Tires

Anyone with a sound system that the car next to them can hear is a idiot!!!!!!!! :neener:
by 64powerglide
Thu Jul 11, 2019 4:52 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Tires
Replies: 26
Views: 4817

Re: Tires

Keep watching this site they have been down to 85.00 now they are back up. They keep changing the price.
https://simpletire.com/maxxis-p185-80r1 ... 0000-tires
by 64powerglide
Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:20 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Oil leak from oil cooler?
Replies: 8
Views: 1402

Re: Oil leak from oil cooler?

Go to about the 22 minute mark.
by 64powerglide
Fri Jul 05, 2019 1:13 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Powerglide Not Going into Gear
Replies: 24
Views: 2108

Re: Powerglide Not Going into Gear

This is a good read about the powerglide. http://www.corvair.org/chapters/corvanatics/files/documents/manuals/PwrGld_man.pdf Well worth the read. On pages 19 & 20 Bob Bellew says how to tow a Corvair with a powerglide. Just as I thought because we towed Chevy powerglides in the 50's & 60's. ...
by 64powerglide
Thu Jul 04, 2019 12:08 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Which spark plug wires?
Replies: 24
Views: 2199

Re: Which spark plug wires?

I've ran NAPA 7MM wires for 5 years without any problems in my 110.
by 64powerglide
Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:01 am
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Need Some Throttle Linkage Help
Replies: 9
Views: 1410

Re: Need Some Throttle Linkage Help

It should have been put in place before you installed the drive train but it will go in from under the car, it's tricky but can be done. Ask me how I know. That rod has been hardened & isn't easy to bend but then you do not want to bend it.
by 64powerglide
Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:16 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Powerglide Problems
Replies: 25
Views: 5070

Re: Powerglide Problems

He said the trans was rebuilt, everything should be good internally. If not it's time to take it back to the rebuilder.
by 64powerglide
Mon Jul 01, 2019 9:53 am
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: Powerglide Problems
Replies: 25
Views: 5070

Re: Powerglide Problems

The car recognizes that the shifter is in NEUTRAL, so it starts, but once I give it some throttle it moves forward, in any gear. I have re-installed the cable as per the instructions (3/8” lower than the pan and all that stuff), when that didn’t work I took off the pan and made a visual confirmatio...
by 64powerglide
Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:46 pm
Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
Topic: thermostat opening temp range
Replies: 6
Views: 673

Re: thermostat opening temp range

ENGINE EXHAUST THERMOSTAT Type Bellows (seamless) .~ Make, Harrison Bellows start to open @ 200-210°F @ 1.20" Bellows full open @ 215-225°F @ 1.70.

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