engine and drivetrain I figured out the misfire, rough engine problem...

[Lars]

I decided to switch back to the blue coil, from the flamethrower since people were saying it requires a resistor which I don't have. But that wasn't it, I decided to look into the dizzy, and what I discovered was unbelievable. I'm not even sure how it was running. The screw holding down the plate that the pertronix unit bolts down to was loose. This was causing the pick up unit and the power unit to constantly have a variable gap.

I tightened it down and reset the gap and timed the engine, WOW! It hasn't run this good before. Can't wait to take it out tonight to put some $2.53 gas in it. Pictures to follow in a little bit.

[jetboy]

where the heck do you live that gas is so dirt cheap??!!?!

sigh

[scottt]

I'll take a wild ass guess and say Kansas City ??

[SteveJ]

Them Noreasterners sure is quick!

Now I gotta go look at my dizzy and see if mine has loosened up as well. My car seems to have been going through a rash of "me too" type failures.

[Lars]

Oh and gas dropped to $2.49 by the time I got to the station. Crazy because it was $2.55 in the morning, $2.53 at lunch and after work.

I can't believe how smooth the engine is, oh and quieter, imagine that.

[Lars]

Once I got that tighened down and the timing right, at 12:30 Sunday morning after work, it runs a lot better. I still think the fuel pump needs replaced though.

[Lars]

In the last post, it is the screw on the Pertronix plate.

I have a spare fuel pump but I'm not sure about how the fuel lines would go on it. Plus one of the fittings is bigger than the other.