Ken G's Journal

I worked through the problem with the new hi-torque starter. I ran a new wire from the fuse box to the positive side of the coil. I disconnected the W/LG wire from the coil and the starter. And changed the coil to a 3 Ohm from the 1.5.

I was still not getting it to engage, so I reset the timing, cleaned the plugs, ran some pressured air through the metal fuel line, changed the fuel filter and ran some cleaner into the carb.

It than started like a champ!!! Very happy and I was starting to doubt myself and all of the components.

But now I have a new problem, the car is racing to a 5000 rpm idle. The throttle cable is not engaged, and I have backed out the Idle/ Mixture screw all the way. it sounds pretty good at 5000 rpm but I don't want it to run there too long so I have to sort this out. I started to do some research but didn't find this problem, yet .. I threw it to the forum hopefully I'll get some advice.

Anyway quite happy at the progress, having it run is a great relief.

Quick edit I received the car on Sept 1st 2021 so it took me a year and 2 days to get it running, a bit longer than planned but here we are.