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Elgin, OK, USA
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Fired LILITH up this afternoon. First time in over a year.
I'd taken off the OPUS electronic distributor that had the package in it and replaced it with a new 45d distributor copy (made in china- I think) and cleaned up wiring. Mostly simplified the wiring. `19 jun 18- I think the dizzy is the 41427 from Northwest inports. a 45D type. Seems to be a solid distributor and very reliable.
I had to replace my small electronic fuel pump as it died last winter during testing so I got one on Amazon of the exact type. Kinda like the one from Autozone or Napa.
Replaced the ZS carb with a used Weber that looked to be in good shape. Just bolted it on with a little cleaning.
Cobble together an exhaust header with a piece of flex pipe and some adapters with a muffler ordered from Advanced auto (I think).
The engine would backfire terribly and I checked and rechecked the valves and distributor setting until I saw a post titled - DISTRIBUTOR 180 on the forum. Thinking my drive dog may be 180 out I set the number 1 plug wire at the 8 o'clock position and arranged the others counter clockwise in the right order. Put the dizzy in without timing or care and turned the key.
FIRED RIGHT UP AND RAN BETTER THAN WITH THE ZS CARB AND OLD DISTRIBUTOR.
Screeched the tires taking off several times without meaning to and really had a grin.
The holding plate (?) for the drive dog has a screw that seems to be kind of buggered up and I didn't want to try to move it. Breaking a screw there means a hard time getting it out. for now I'll live with it. Maybe some winter I'll fix it.
Now to clean up and time it and retape wiring harness and.........finish the relays on the rear lights. Just occurred to me that my rear lights COULD NOT have been working as I was driving on my street. I have not finished that job. SHEESH.....
I'd taken off the OPUS electronic distributor that had the package in it and replaced it with a new 45d distributor copy (made in china- I think) and cleaned up wiring. Mostly simplified the wiring. `19 jun 18- I think the dizzy is the 41427 from Northwest inports. a 45D type. Seems to be a solid distributor and very reliable.
I had to replace my small electronic fuel pump as it died last winter during testing so I got one on Amazon of the exact type. Kinda like the one from Autozone or Napa.
Replaced the ZS carb with a used Weber that looked to be in good shape. Just bolted it on with a little cleaning.
Cobble together an exhaust header with a piece of flex pipe and some adapters with a muffler ordered from Advanced auto (I think).
The engine would backfire terribly and I checked and rechecked the valves and distributor setting until I saw a post titled - DISTRIBUTOR 180 on the forum. Thinking my drive dog may be 180 out I set the number 1 plug wire at the 8 o'clock position and arranged the others counter clockwise in the right order. Put the dizzy in without timing or care and turned the key.
FIRED RIGHT UP AND RAN BETTER THAN WITH THE ZS CARB AND OLD DISTRIBUTOR.
Screeched the tires taking off several times without meaning to and really had a grin.
The holding plate (?) for the drive dog has a screw that seems to be kind of buggered up and I didn't want to try to move it. Breaking a screw there means a hard time getting it out. for now I'll live with it. Maybe some winter I'll fix it.
Now to clean up and time it and retape wiring harness and.........finish the relays on the rear lights. Just occurred to me that my rear lights COULD NOT have been working as I was driving on my street. I have not finished that job. SHEESH.....
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