Last Friday i noticed the vacuum advance module went South in my '59, no
problem, gave me a chance to install the HEI I bought off the list last year,
instead of hunting down a vacuum advance.
Today I installed the HEI, get it running (BTW, I'm expecting a a decent
performance increase, more on that later....) and notice the distributor
wobbling about .040 or so while idling.. Great, somethings bent or maybe the
gear fit isn't good enough on the shaft. Gonna have to pull it out and see
what isn't right.
So I decide to fix my float in my gas tank, the floats been full of gas for
as long as I remember so I've always rear "E".....my soldering iron dies so I
can'r patch the hole, this ticks me off because I have to reinstall the assy.
again without accomplishing anything, but wait, I have a old float assy from
something laying around that uses kinda like a ping-pong ball (plastic) as
the float. It's a little different, so I have to massage the wire holder to
keep it in place. I get it just about tight enough and "snap", poke a hole
in the plastic ping-pong ball thing.
Enough of the "bluenews"
About the HEI install, last Friday when I set the base timing with the
original distributor in it, I set the idle speed to about 500-550rpms, with
the HEI in it, I had to turn the idle screw out about 3/4 of turn to get idle
DOWN to 500-550 RPMs and timed on the mark.
This tells me that the (idle anyway) ignition is more effecient than the
old one is. This is why I'm expecting a performance increase in milage.
That's the good news anyway.
Mike
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