Monkeyman2500

Well checked coil, replaced plugs, even tried changing power valve to no avail. Thanks everyone for your help especially Glock55. I'm at the point now I think there must be at least one burnt exhaust valve. I will have to take it somewhere at this point I just don't have the time to pull the heads or the experience. Wish me luck

This guy has always been a jacka$$ of the highest order. Never could stand him.

Wow, how lucky are you no one took you up on the sale. That rifle is such an amazing find.

Very nice. Really clean look.

Ok got fuel pressure gauge on it holding around 7 psi at idle. Plugs look fouled but ar only a couple months old. Glock I'm sending you a pm

Ok Bersa I thought you ment on the distributor. Yea that was also a new piece. I may still have the old one and that will be swapped tomorrow. Just to check it off the list too. Thanks.

Bersaguy, I'm not sure I have the same distributor your thinking of. I think it's under the rotor assembly on mine, it's a new distributor but I may still check it. And yes I would usually use carb cleaner but was out. Sam, I don't know if the ol seafoam trick is gonna fix this one. :)

Well I've had a little time this morning. Checked the timing and it's dead on. Choke seems to be working well. I put a vacuum gauge on it and it's way off. Pulling 10in at idle, as I increase RPMs the vacuum steadily increases as well. I'm reading it at the manifold. I want to say it was around 20in when it was running before. I will get a fuel pressure gauge on it tomorrow. Also checked main grounds and all good. Also checked cap, rotor, plugs, and coil all seem fine. I'm just lost that running out of gas could cause this.

glock55, the gauge has never read right, I thought it may have died or wire got disconnected but I could not be sure. It worked fine after we filled it back up, it was near empty before it died so I'm not totally convinced it malfunctioned. It read correctly after we filled it, we put 23 gallons in it so it still had 2-3 gallons in it. Original ford electronic ignition. It missed and sputtered, did not instantly die. I did not have torch so the starter fluid method is the best I knew. Only sprayed a little bit in carb when I did not find a vacuume leak. I am still using a stock fuel pump, it was new with rebuild. I will get a in line fuel pressure guage on Sunday. I checked choke and seems to be funcytioning. I went to trans modulator first because it was first thing we noticed, but now after driving it a little I am sure the engine is running a bit off as well. It runs good with good power I just can tell something is not quite right. It is just not as responsive and I can hear the idle is somewhat off. When it happened I was driving at about 40mph and it happened all of a sudden. I was on a stright newly paved road so I cannot figure what could have happened.

I changed fuel filter first thing. The tank was replaced when we rebuilt it. It is a draw type not a sump so I don't think it was trash. Can't figure why it does not rev up with the starter fluid.

I'm a pretty good backyard mechanic but I've run into a problem. First off it's a 79 Ford Bronco with auto trans and built 351m. Truck was running like a top then gas gauge died and ran out of gas while going down the road. Now engine is running a little off and trans is shifting late. Thought it was just the trans modulator but after replacing it still shifts late from 2nd to 3rd. Looked for a vacuum leak with starter fluid and noticed when I sprayed it in carb it would die instead of rev up. I'm kind of at a loss right now. Will start back on it Sunday so if any of y'all have some suggestions I would really appreciate it.

I think this is the best deal out there, great stuff. I'm not big on the Beam, but devils cut was pretty good. Now if someone will just get me some Pappy! :)

But of course.

I think everyone should remember the people at the head of these companies are not always our friends. Just because they run top firearms related companies doesn't mean they are on our side. They are on the money's side, as well as all the politicians.

That stuff be HOT!

Ah, good stuff for a change.

Well that's what she gets for being a moron. Hey jackass wait till your married, covering your spouse, paying eight thousand dollars a year just in case something major happens, and still not seeing any benefit from your insurance.

Ummmm? What?

Ah new Call of Duty. I've played every one. I'm not really a gamer, but I'm addicted to this line of games. I will be cracking out on this soon.

Welcome

A kilt just says there's a really good chance I'm getting hammered. After that I'm either going to have a lot of fun or kick some ass.

That does not look enjoyable.

Not really sure the votes are counted anyways.

I remember this well, as it hit close to home for me. I've been in the kitchen for a long time and this one always just seemed worse to me for that reason. I hope the SOB burns in hell.

I think she will soon regret this decision.