It's always a bit nerve wracking but if I would have remembered to turn the key on first it would have been an instant fire!
I always get the distributor way too far behind but this time it was pretty good, just a little bit more advance was needed.
No fuel, coolant or oil leaks too. That's always a bonus!
I hear of guys who grind away trying to get them going and have a big struggle with it. Supposedly that's a great way to shorten cam life, if you don't get it to fire up and run up to 2000 rpm right away.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I meant to mention last week that I see you painted your rad.
What happened to the belt tension spring?
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
I always get the distributor way too far behind but this time it was pretty good, just a little bit more advance was needed.
Years ago I read a good way to set the breaker point distributor for initial engine start-up:
- Set your timing marks to the proper initial advance (6 BTDC for example),
- Ensure the rotor is pointing to #1 cylinder,
- Turn the distributor counter clockwise until the points are just beginning to open.
The theory is that when the points open it removes the ground from the coil, causing it to send it's high voltage charge to the distributor, in turn to the plug.
Getting it close works fine. As long as it doesn't spit back when you crank, or fire against the starter it will pretty much always start. As soon as it does it's easy to move the distributor and find the "sweet spot" to keep it running.
I would love to just have it perfect!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
-The banging noise in the background is the old furnace fan I'm using to push fresh warm air into the garage bay.
-At the top left of the screen you can see the oil gauge on a copper tube.
-It helps to remember to turn the key on before using the remote starter button. Otherwise it only fires as long as the starter button is being held. I thought I had already turned the key on-----------duh.......... As soon as I went and turned the key on, it fired!
Crappy video but I was home alone, no video tech in the building.
Sounds great! Looks like a test run is coming around the corner soon?
Once the streets are good, and that could be a while....
Meanwhile I still some detailing to do. I need to paint the oil filler cap, the breather cap, put on the right pcv hose clip, take the fan off and paint it to begin with. So far it's driven about 20 feet in reverse after I rolled it outside and ran it for a while! I can push it out myself but the driveway slope is too much for me to push it back inside.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Once the streets are good, and that could be a while....
Meanwhile I still some detailing to do. I need to paint the oil filler cap, the breather cap, put on the right pcv hose clip, take the fan off and paint it to begin with. So far it's driven about 20 feet in reverse after I rolled it outside and ran it for a while! I can push it out myself but the driveway slope is too much for me to push it back inside.
Did you do a burnout back in to the garage, good way to check the brakes and motor tune.
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
Use a ARP pump stud. Added a Pioneer pickup retainer. Clever design, good insurance to prevent the possibility of a dropped out pickup. $15.
The pickup was original, pump new. They never seem to fit as tight going back in as trying to remove them. Also added a little bit of Locktite bushing retainer to the tube/pump fit. High strength red Loctite to the 4 bolts and the clamp nut/bolt.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Use a ARP pump stud. Added a Pioneer pickup retainer. Clever design, good insurance to prevent the possibility of a dropped out pickup. $15.
The pickup was original, pump new. They never seem to fit as tight going back in as trying to remove them. Also added a little bit of Locktite bushing retainer to the tube/pump fit.
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Good eye! But doesn't the "After" fan belt also have "GM" embossed where the Gates does not? I can't see clealy when I enlarge but it looks like GM?
I can't wait to come on down and help you take it for a spin, lol!
Yes, the AFTER pic has the GM belt, no more jobber belt with the notches in it. That was the last GM belt in stock in Canada anywhere. A dealer 200 miles west of here still had one on the shelf. They were discontinued a number of years back. My crappy phone pic is not very clear.....
Our street is stripped fairly bare. I may take it out today and drive it up and down the street a few times. The car is all legal, except there's no hood on it yet (illegal to drive that way) so I have to wait and see if our neighbour goes away to work....
.....no one ever listens to me......
