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I expect that's a challenge to cut a block end to end like that

Looks great!

Roughly what does this cost?

Gotta love PO's (previous owners)...

Yes, basically. It is possible it is a timing issue I probably need to check the vacuum advance and the centrifugal weights too. I don't know how we would watch timing in real time since it is such a sporadic issue

Thanks Jim! That is an excellent idea. I will look around, I should have more than one... If not I will let you know

Right now were running the stock 510 carb which I believe is a 2 barrel vacuum secondary carb with an accelerator pump So one throttle plate and pumping the gas adds fuel... It also has a glass sided float bowl so you can instantly see if the carb has fuel

I checked all the fuses and they all have power on both sides. Wiring diagram looks like power goes to the hazard switch first? So I guess I should start there, correct?

I considered the matchbox being the issue a awhile back, but one of the days it acted up the low was like 7d F. I can't imagine the box running hot then. was leaning towards a blockage in the carb float bowl or an ignition issue, but I have had a hard time coming up with test to isolate the problem. So we think we might come up with some more info. We the car acts up (which) seems very random it will loose power and he will try to feather the pedal to keep it running. It usually stalls. Then he restarts it. So the last couple of times it has done it. When it stalls I told him to just cut it off then restart it. Yesterday when he thought it was acting up he pulled over cut it off and restarted it immediately. Issue was gone... So that makes me suspect maybe a bad ignition switch or possibly a bad connection causing the loss of voltage at the coil or the matchbox. Thoughts? Ideas on a test to validate this?

True...

If you got a back fire out the intake manifold, you need to check your ignition timing. It probably needs to be advanced some

There was a time when unions did some great things for the American worker, but some unions failed to realize that the well wasn't infinitely deep. If you take too much, you hurt the business and the members... I know all about the construction issue. Spent all day planing lumber and making some timber frames. I'll be 50 next year...need to work my way out of the field and into the office. We'll see if that plays out.

I don't know about Alabama manufacturers but here at the BMW plant they pay pretty well. I know a number of people that work there with high school educations or GEDs that make 40 -50k a year assembling cars. The engineers make alot more than that. The benefits are pretty good too. Not only that but they bring in lots of high paying support industry to supply just in time parts.These companies tend to look for states with good available employees that can do the jobs with low unionization pressure...

My wife is excellent! When I built my shop, she told me it wasn't big enough, but I couldn't make it bigger because of the property set back lines. She also keeps her eyes open for Z cars. Many times I have to talk myself out of buying cars she has found, even when she says to buy it...

Nice car. I think for what you have that's a good price...

The guys who use to paint for me used Bulldog on air dams. As far as painting, rattle can paint really isn't very durable and will come off with some solvents. Some paint shops can mix up colors in catalyzed spray cans. The best thing is to really just get it painted or paint it yourself. You can probably get someone like Maaco to paint it for you cheap if it's off the car. Your could bulldog it first, so then they could do a final once over sand, degrease and spray.

What Steve said!!!! ^^^^ Check your voltage with a meter at the headlight plugs. If you get them 12v's they will be much brighter. Corrosion at the connections is the enemy.

That looks a lot like my shop. I will have to work on a getting a pic

That aught to be really fast!

Nope, we'll see how the Tide does...

The stock carbon the 510 has a glass float window. IT has lines in it for the float level. One time when it acted up I told him to shut it down immediately and verify there is fuel in the carb. He said there was... My best guess at this point is trash in the float bowl even though I can't see any or an ignition issue?

Yes, that is possible. He says the hazards are dead too. We don't have a fuse box cover so I need to see if we have a dead fuse. I know his brake lights still work.

That would be great! Looking forward to seeing the slimmer new version of Steve!! or I could ship you the spare switch you rebuilt to check out for me and we could make sure it is correct. Then we could just plug it back in to see if it goes away...

Ok, so I need some diagnostic help. Cody's 510 has been acting up lately. He describes it as trying to feed it gas but it won't go and the engine doesn't speed up. I have been working from the position that it's a fueling issue. I removed the carb a while back and tried to clean it but opening up the glass float bowl was difficult and I didn't want to break it so, I cleaned it the best I could and reinstalled it. Some times it drives great, sometimes it acts like it's starving. We have replace the fuel filter in the engine bay. So today we drained the gas tank looking for rust or water in the tank. Nothing! The fuel looked perfect... We did replace the dizzy a while back with a used match box dizzy. We don't remember if we had this problem before we replaced the dizzy... Ideas?

Guess what??! The signals don't work again. Nothing flashes... I don't know yet if anything lights up...