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Ok some kid said my car was sick not long ago, I took it as a compliment. Groovy, cool, bitch'n, tubular, kick arse, awsome, Rad, bad, and now sick. ok I'll go with it, I wonder what is next.

that's funny I had the same thing happen last week. A burt electrcal smell and smoke out the steering colum. I have not noticed anything amiss though. really spooking me.

on my 77 I suported the tranny with a strap up through the tunnel hole tied to a steel pipe, Helped out a little.

Calling it a project is an over statement. Took me two hours with a few very long beer breaks. Could brobably now do it in 20 min. I did presoak all bolts in bp blaster before work. The strap did nothing on my car.

here are my plugs, they look really black, dry execpt some oily fluid around the theads. Am I running rich? Oh and I accidentally broke #4 not sure how that happened. new plugs are gapped and installed.

I orderd mine from technoversions. He shipped it supper fast. I orderd it 10:00 pm and it was shipped at about 10:00 am the next day, it arrived one day after that. On another note I do hear more drivline noise, is this normal, perhaps vibrations transfering through the new mount?

Ok I got a mityvac it cost a little less than a new vacuum advance diaphragm dash pot thingy. I hooked it up and observed the distributor advance operate normally at around 11 in.HG it moved about 5 to 10 deg clockwise. This was with the cap off and the engine not running. Also I calculated my MPG 3 times by filling it up to exactly 10 gallons and noting the mileage before and after, I get between 11 and 12 mpg :ogre: I have not tested the timing with the mityvac yet, but I am thinking that there must be another path to go down to solve the bad mileage. Any suggestions? Oh by the way when I apply vacuum to the dashpot thingy it does not hold a vacuum it returns is this normal? There really is not much in the FSM regarding this.

Ecu flash codes? I think not. Look over the work you have done so far. Check fuel pressure again.

and good riddance: the rt mount is the easiest upgrade so far, 14 mm wrench, socket and a hammer to persuade it a little. Oh and a sharp knife to remove a little from the bump stop. the clunk is gone!

Why? I think the trend is silly. Put one on a Civic it makes it go faster!

where is SLIPPERY ROCK?

Wow I wish they had painted over mine now.

:stupid:Oopps the 240's are way different just checked a 73 FSM. there should be a fusible link there, my bad, please forgive. do you have continuity between the bad wire and the fuse block?

that is not a fusible link. That wire should lead to the fusible link block. The other "big fat wire" should go to the positive side of you're battery.

seen better at the pick and pull.

I missed it again, Still trying to get my MPG up and the big brake overhaul. :disappoin

Try calling to place an order, that's what I did about 8 months ago. I seem to remember that there web site was antiquated at best.

I was thinking of blacking mine out.

Good luck, But when I here "get 'er done" (in that drawl) I think slap it together with no regard to doing it correctly. Sorry that's what happens when people at work who say "get 'er done" are allowed to do things like electrical work, plumbing or Finnish carpentry. Shorts, loose conections, abs glued to pvc, trim put on backwards miters instead of copes and paint runs.

cozye that sounds like the right thing to do by not throwing $$$ at a problem that may not exist but what is a mighty vac??

Ok so I looked at the dizzy again. Yes it moves smoothly turning it clockwise with my hand. I tried sucking on the vacuum advance and there is no way it will move. I ran the car and with my finger over the vacuum hose I noted that there is vacuum but only when I rev the engine, this sounds correct to me. So now do I buy a new vacuum advance dashpot or no. The inside of the distributor is a little grimey is there a safe way to clean it?

Thats $50 for the vacuum advance control not the whole dizzy. I am going to take another look in an hour or so

zed head, understood. I will look at this tomorrow. If I need a new vacuum advace napa sells a zx one for about 50 buckazoids. not to bad. keep you posted.

Hmm. I did try and check the vacuum advance, I sucked till my face turned blue and I saw nothing move. Should I see the "reluctor" move? By the way I have a zx distributor. with my meter set at 2k I get .078 between 13 and ground is this normal?

nice car, you need bumpers. I know from experience