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mopar63
AMC Nut Joined: Mar/21/2010 Location: Hastings NZ Status: Offline Points: 420 |
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yep ,I trust him,
and some progress to report found wires to inhibitor switch cut (along with every other wire to the donk),fixed that up ,and have spark ,motor turns over on the key,so will be firing it up soon.
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401MATCOUPE
AMC Addicted Joined: May/20/2010 Location: Salisbury, MD Status: Offline Points: 5367 |
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Go on Facebook Dan Curtis /AZ AMC Restorations is making a run of reproductions of the tinted windscreen......this might get you going again. Let me know if you need anything else. Ross
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Ross K. Peterson
68X,GoPac,343,AT,52A(1stCar) 68X,GoPac,390,4sp,52A 69X,GoPac,390,4sp,64A 70X,GoPac,390,4sp,87A,8 70X,GoPac,390,4sp,BBO,8 70 Jav SST,390,AT,BSO 74MatX,401,AT,Prototype 74MatX,401,AT |
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mopar63
AMC Nut Joined: Mar/21/2010 Location: Hastings NZ Status: Offline Points: 420 |
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Think my non starting issues have been solved...
Took of timing cover and it don't look right to me at tdc.
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mopar63
AMC Nut Joined: Mar/21/2010 Location: Hastings NZ Status: Offline Points: 420 |
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spent days and days ont his ,changed leads ,dizzy,cleaned carb,it actually started sometimes ,low compressions, it wasn't adding up.I had a feeling it was camshaft timing though in lots of years of starting up old motors never came across this before.the clues were ,all cylinders had low compression ,of the 4 new tyres (years old)one had a burnout down to the wires,all wiring to the donk was cut,even power steer hose was cut !instead of unbolting,
look closely and you will see chain so stretched that it doesn't even bind all the way around the sprocket!
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mopar63
AMC Nut Joined: Mar/21/2010 Location: Hastings NZ Status: Offline Points: 420 |
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success!, new timing chain and sprockets ,motor runs ,no smoke no lifter noise,even got gears .now to install radiator etc and drive it
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401MATCOUPE
AMC Addicted Joined: May/20/2010 Location: Salisbury, MD Status: Offline Points: 5367 |
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Great news!!
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Ross K. Peterson
68X,GoPac,343,AT,52A(1stCar) 68X,GoPac,390,4sp,52A 69X,GoPac,390,4sp,64A 70X,GoPac,390,4sp,87A,8 70X,GoPac,390,4sp,BBO,8 70 Jav SST,390,AT,BSO 74MatX,401,AT,Prototype 74MatX,401,AT |
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Monk Daveohue
AMC Apprentice Joined: Aug/13/2020 Location: Southern Calif Status: Offline Points: 76 |
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Was the chain just loose or had it slipped a gear tooth or two?
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mopar63
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suspect an over rev when a burnout down by a previous owner made it slip ,however prob due to stretched chain ,it was 1/2 a link longer than the new one ,haven't seen such a loose chain before especially as the car has only done 83000 miles,under the rockers was like new.
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mopar63
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Got the car driving.lots to do but at least its mobile
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mopar63
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