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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #500 on: October 06, 2013, 06:40:50 PM »
I thought that was to put a little drag on the distributor nut, start the engine then rotate the distributor until it sounded good. :whistling: 
I considered doing that, but the problem doesn't show up until after you've driven it for a while.
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #501 on: October 06, 2013, 07:23:33 PM »
I thought that was to put a little drag on the distributor nut, start the engine then rotate the distributor until it sounded good. :whistling: 



Been there done that wore out the t-shirt....some cars don't time well like that or you spend DAYS doing it....lol
Plus if he wants to get after changing the internal timing curve he will need the light to check his work... was hoping you would find a chisel or a crayon mark for god sake when you cleaned it up.
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #502 on: October 06, 2013, 08:29:23 PM »
Been there done that wore out the t-shirt....some cars don't time well like that or you spend DAYS doing it....lol
Plus if he wants to get after changing the internal timing curve he will need the light to check his work... was hoping you would find a chisel or a crayon mark for god sake when you cleaned it up.
Get the coffee cup next time. They don't wear out as fast !
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #503 on: October 06, 2013, 08:35:43 PM »
Get the coffee cup next time. They don't wear out as fast !

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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #504 on: October 08, 2013, 08:15:12 PM »


Finally got the atomizers venturis removed... you have to push up from the bottom.  They have some freaky needle attached to them that I haven't seen before.  I don't know what it is and it wasn't included in my rebuild kit.



I did a little digging.  This carb came from a 1977 Ford truck.  There's more stampings on the body, but that is what I could find from the tag.


Found it... #38: air metering rod assembly


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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #505 on: October 08, 2013, 08:41:03 PM »
Joo needs to soak that thing boy!
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #506 on: October 08, 2013, 08:43:41 PM »
:rofl: All the dirt and crap on the table is what came off the carb.

I'll pick up a can of Berryman's on the way home tomorrow.  I didn't feel like paying $40 for it last weekend, but Auto Zone has it.  I get $20 in store credit for every $100 I spend there, so I'll get some money back at some point.

Also, the manager at the Auto Zone (Jerry) is a ringer for Walter White.  He's a really nice fellow but from some of the stories I've heard him tell, I don't think I'd want to get on his bad side.
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #507 on: October 08, 2013, 08:56:00 PM »
I am considering having the exterior repainted white.  I know color has no bearing on the cost of a repaint, but I think this car would look so much better in white.  I would keep the interior the same chestnut/red color since it works with the chrome on the dash.
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #508 on: October 08, 2013, 09:06:36 PM »
:rofl: All the dirt and crap on the table is what came off the carb.

I'll pick up a can of Berryman's on the way home tomorrow.  I didn't feel like paying $40 for it last weekend, but Auto Zone has it.  I get $20 in store credit for every $100 I spend there, so I'll get some money back at some point.

Also, the manager at the Auto Zone (Jerry) is a ringer for Walter White.  He's a really nice fellow but from some of the stories I've heard him tell, I don't think I'd want to get on his bad side.

Don't know who Walter White is but your buying goods from the man just be nice and you wont have any issues...if ya do go somewhere else...lol
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #509 on: October 08, 2013, 09:07:48 PM »
Don't know who Walter White is but your buying goods from the man just be nice and you wont have any issues...if ya do go somewhere else...lol
What?  Debi's not making you watch 'Breaking Bad'?

Dude, you're missing out.  THAT is TV worth watching.
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #510 on: October 08, 2013, 09:10:52 PM »
What?  Debi's not making you watch 'Breaking Bad'?

Dude, you're missing out.  THAT is TV worth watching.

Hey man.  TV?  We ain't got time for that!  We don't even have those cable channels, and never used netflix.   :panic:  We did go to the theater this past weekend, and saw "Rush."  Awesome movie, but we wouldn't have gone if I didn't have free movie tickets.  For realz!
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #511 on: October 08, 2013, 09:11:20 PM »
I'll bootleg you guys a copy after they release all five seasons.
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #512 on: October 08, 2013, 09:18:50 PM »
HAHA ok well we might get around to watch sooner or later ...we don't plan out evenings around the TV but if you say its good Ill be willing to give it a look.  :-)
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #513 on: October 08, 2013, 09:22:25 PM »
I'll bootleg you guys a copy after they release all five seasons.

5 seasons?  Holy Moses!  Cool!
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #514 on: October 08, 2013, 09:23:49 PM »
I didn't start watching it until season 3.  There's only a couple shows I try to catch regularly but my brother always has something planned.  If it's not hockey, it's cooking shows.

Someone send him an application for "Chopped".  You wouldn't believe how staged that show it.
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #515 on: October 12, 2013, 07:03:01 PM »
No luck. :mad:

I turned the motor over to what I thought was the compression stroke and installed the piston stop tool.  I marked each rotation on the pulley wheel in line with the timing mark, put everything back together, and hooked up a timing light.  Nothing.  It's possible I turned the motor over too far or it might have been on the exhaust stroke instead.  In that case, I would have just marked the wrong side of the wheel.  Also, I managed to damage one or more of the plug wires and may have put one back on in the wrong place.

Another wasted day.  I'll give it another shot tomorrow.  That first spark plug is hard to reach... I had to use a foot-long socket extension to reach it.  Otherwise, you're just going to end up cursing and dropping stuff.

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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #516 on: October 12, 2013, 08:47:09 PM »
I should probably make this easier on myself and take off the passenger-side valve cover. :p

I try not to do stuff like that.  I don't know if the valve covers have ever been off the motor and I don't have a replacement right now.
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #517 on: October 12, 2013, 08:48:19 PM »
I should probably make this easier on myself and take off the passenger-side valve cover. :p

I try not to do stuff like that.  I don't know if the valve covers have ever been off the motor and I don't have a replacement right now.

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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #518 on: October 13, 2013, 12:11:17 PM »
No guts, no glory. What's a gasket among friends, anyway?  :-)

HEHE

Yep the valve cover removed would make all that much easier. 
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #519 on: October 13, 2013, 03:32:27 PM »
In my youth I once rebuilt a '57 312 Thunderbird engine. The battery was weak when I dropped the engine back in the car and so it was dead before I got the timing and everything just so. So we pushed (automatic to boot) around the neighborhood for awhile and it never hit a lick. Stopped several times to check points gap, wiring, gas, timing......after about a half dozen of this adjustment stops with the distributor cap off each time I realized I had the rotor button in my pocket. :lmao:

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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #520 on: October 13, 2013, 03:34:35 PM »
I didn't start watching it until season 3.  There's only a couple shows I try to catch regularly but my brother always has something planned.  If it's not hockey, it's cooking shows.

Someone send him an application for "Chopped".  You wouldn't believe how staged that show it.

You can always enjoy this one for the vintage cars if you don't like the show itself.

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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #521 on: October 13, 2013, 03:35:17 PM »
In my youth I once rebuilt a '57 312 Thunderbird engine. The battery was weak when I dropped the engine back in the car and so it was dead before I got the timing and everything just so. So we pushed (automatic to boot) around the neighborhood for awhile and it never hit a lick. Stopped several times to check points gap, wiring, gas, timing......after about a half dozen of this adjustment stops with the distributor cap off each time I realized I had the rotor button in my pocket. :lmao:

I did much better with diesel engines.

 :lmao: I hate when that happens....
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #522 on: October 13, 2013, 03:39:22 PM »
No guts, no glory. What's a gasket among friends, anyway?  :-)

Sheet cork, gasket shellac, and a ball peen hammer? :tongue:  Now a cotter pin can be anything from a hair pin to diaper pin but that is a whole 'nuther story.  Too bad they cheapened up beer cans and bailing wire. :whistling:
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #523 on: October 13, 2013, 04:18:09 PM »
Sheet cork, gasket shellac, and a ball peen hammer? :tongue:  Now a cotter pin can be anything from a hair pin to diaper pin but that is a whole 'nuther story.  Too bad they cheapened up beer cans and bailing wire. :whistling:

Man I cant tell you how many times cork roll or gasket roll saved my bacon! When you own old or odd stuff sometimes gaskets are hard to come by.....or its 2:00 in the am...lol
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Re: 1963 Ford Fairlane
« Reply #524 on: October 13, 2013, 07:11:05 PM »
I had to remove a steel vent line from the carburetor to remove the valve cover, but I think I got the entire compression stroke marked on the pulley.  I didn't get any further than that, but I did get two new clothes racks put up in the bedroom.  Maybe I can start hanging up some of these clothes that have been sitting in boxes since I moved here. 
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