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    "Know-it-all Friends"

    Just curious. How many of you have had the privilege of having one of those "Know-It-All" friends who has worked on your engine who ended up costing you more money after he finished working on it? I started out restoring my '77 over 2 years ago. I started with new interior stuff like the dash...
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    Major screw up = major $$$ Well, don't have to worry about that pinging anymore. I kept having a miss (inconsistent spark from plug wires) and I took it to a professional engine builder to check it out. While I was there, I told him I was also concerned about the smell of oil on the drive...
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    Jack, thanks for that info. I just talked to an engine builder yesterday who told me the same thing when I drove the car over to him and asked him to get the missing issue resolved. Frankly, I just got totally frustrated with it. I had checked the spark on a few of the plugs and they were...
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    Thanks Barry, I'll try checking it out with another timing light.
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    Yes, I did that already. Hopefully correctly. Actually the vacuum hose is connected to ported vacuum I think, except I've had it unplugged anyway and it still pinged. Anyway, the way I checked the timing was I took it down 2* at a time (in between test runs) and it pinged all the way down to 2...
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    I really don't know how it could be the timing since it was idling really good and had good response prior to the hour drive. I threw on the timing light and advance and retarded it from like 2* to 12* and it made no difference in the sputtering and crummy idle (except it got worse of course...
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    JohnZ, I adjusted the idle mixture screws with a vacuum gauge just before I ended up jacking it up and replacing all the calipers awhile back. After I let it down, stuck a new battery in and cranked it up, it ran great. But this really rough idle started the other night after driving it around...
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    Not sure about head gasket or not, but I guess I can do a compression test to see. I don't have another coil, but do you know if it's possible to take the coil off and take it somewhere and have it checked? Marc.
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    It has aluminum heads (Edelbrock Performer RPM). Holley 4160 with vacuum secondary. I pulled the needle and seat assembly out and blew it out with compressed air awhile ago, started it up and it still ran crappy. One thing I read on another post was that if the coil gets hot, it can make the...
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    Sorry if you've seen this post twice, but I accidentally placed it originally in the "General" forum instead of Technical. Since I don't know how to "transfer" it to the technical forum, I just copied and pasted it. Thanks for your indulgence. A friend, who's "supposed" to know a lot about...
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    Major pinging problem, and now something new!

    A friend, who's "supposed" to know a lot about building engines, and I, pulled my old tired 350 out of my '77 and commenced to build a 383 stroker and dropped it in. Anyway, the car has been idling great and sounds good, and I can cruise around normally, but if I step on it, it pings. I...
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    1979 PARTS

    If you still have them, I'm interested in the door panels. What color are the they, and are they the basic or deluxe (with the chrome trim and black insets)? Thanks, Marc.
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    Got my fuel pump on, but this is getting weird...

    Yeah, Junkie, that's what I'm running and gonna stick with it.
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    Come on, lets be cool dude!

    Hey guys, Not sure 'bout y'all, but my A/C on my '77 has always sucked. I guess what I should say, is that there's never been much in the way of any decent force of air when the A/C's turned on. I mean, when I compare it to my other vehicles, there's a world of difference. Does anyone know of...
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    Brake Bleeding Question and Speed Bleeders

    Thanks Eddie, but I already tried to bleed it with the Mity Vac. I won't mess with it again. Thanks, Marc.
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    Brake Bleeding Question and Speed Bleeders

    Mike, 10-4 on the pressure bleeder, but you stated: "There should only be 2 bleeders on the rear calipers at the top. The bleeder at the bottom pointing downward should be a plug." Here's a pic of my right rear showing the 2 zerk fittings, one in front, one in the rear. I bought these at...
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    Brake Bleeding Question and Speed Bleeders

    Replaced all the calipers.
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    Brake Bleeding Question and Speed Bleeders

    Thanks IH2LOSE, and you too Twinray and Waterboy. Thanks for the ideas. Now I'm really leaning toward the Power Bleeder. Guess I'll head to the Motive website and order one now. Really gettin' tired of messin' with the brakes. One more thing - last night when I was using the vacuum pump on the...
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    Brake Bleeding Question and Speed Bleeders

    I read several posts about Speed Bleeders and that a lot of guys use them - they say it makes it real easy to bleed the brakes. I'm trying to bleed mine on my '77 now and tried using a Mity Vac vacuum pump but the little black adapter is pretty crappy in that it keeps wanting to come off the...
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    Got my fuel pump on, but this is getting weird...

    Mac, good thoughts on the fuel filter. Right now I have a cheapy glass inline filter and I want to change it out to a higher quality one, which brings me to another question. I have the fuel line coming up from the fuel pump and running into the filter which is the "barb" type connection with a...
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