Recent content by bobcatzack

Thank you for all the practical points! Will follow through with your advise on setting the timing correctly.

Got it, I will try my best to set the timing when I get back home in a week, I do have a timing gun and have used it before so sort of understand how timing is set. Thank you!

Good thinking there!! Before leaving town for the week, I went back real quick and removed the on/off switch to the coil ..tried starting and guess what? The thing fired up!! The switch was defective all along! Wasted tons of time .. thank you for diverting my mind from the carb and timing! To...

Thanks for the observation! I would have no idea how to check if the voltage is lost when the engine tries to run. Or to attempt another method of mimicking the ignition process. This morning spent another 4 hours trying various combination of distributor settings, carb settings (which no...

Removing the carburetor when the engine is out is quite easy. Will take it out and tap it, then see if I can hear a clicking noise if I turn it up/down .. hopefully that’s a good test that the float is free? Timing - manual says firing order is 1-2-3-4 but RandyL had suggested try 1-2-4-3 which...

A quick update - Wanted to tackle removal/fixing/reinstall of the exhaust manifold at a later stage. For now I was able to put the parts together, connected the wiring, figured a way to provide power to the coil for ignition (with a switch), pulled the engine back out to the garage, extended the...

Engine and transmission? Upon your reminder, greased these two spots ..

Completely understand. I will take the approach you and Ster1 have suggested. Thanks Now on a home made stand .. starting to look more like an engine : )

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I hadn’t seen too many responses on this exhaust manifold issue yesterday .. so I had taken a drastic (and hopefully not a disastrous) step! I used an exhaust joint and crack sealer filled the gaps and retightened the bolds. This morning it’s dried like a rock! Which tells me I may have a very...

Struggled quite a lot to get the longer than normal studs installed and then the exhaust manifold installed with new gaskets. However, now I can clearly see a thin line of a crack in the middle section of the exhaust manifold where it meets the engine head (pic attached). Surely seem like the...