Honey, look what followed me home!

[Will Marsh]

Thanks to Dennis Ogg for helping me find the wiring problem. I called him about the service manual and while we were looking in it he pulled the Operators manual out of his 79 SII to look at the fuses. It listed the ignition fuse as a fusible link, and sure enough the one on IGN1 was burnt. A quick trip to Carquest for a fuseholder and a terminal to put it in the switch plug and I was in business.

I forgot to take the welder so the ports will have to wait for another day.

I did drive it out of the shop and around the lot a couple times, smokes pretty bad but I expected that with the MMO I put in the cylinders initially. Lots of smoke from the engine bay as it burns junk off the manifolds and exhaust. Seems to have a problem pulling fuel from the tank, but I'll have to look into that more. Trans seemed a little sluggish at first but otherwise OK, a new filter and fluid will help that.

I think I'm going to attempt to use the Quadrajet carb that came with it since I really don't want to shell out $300 for a new Edelbrock 1406. The racers 1406 on it right now has no choke connections so it's not a long term solution, but I used it because I know it is good and one less variable starting an unknown engine. Same reason I dropped in the other distributor rather than messing with what came in it.

Will Marsh

[Will Marsh]

2 months later, I'm back after it.

It now has the Quadrajet on it, and it runs pretty good. It's from a '79 Chevy with a 350. The only real complaint with the carb so far is that trying to adjust the idle mix is a royal pain. The screws have a rectangular head on them with no slot, and a 6mm socket will turn them but slips if you twist it wrong. I'm seriously considering pulling them back out and cutting a slot in them.

I drove it home last weekend! Drove fine other than the throttle cable slipped so it only had about 1/4 throttle, and the front rotors are trash. 55 was about top speed and took a bit to get there, but it drove straight and even with the grinding rotors didn't do anything particularly nasty when you stepped on the brakes.

I ordered 2 brake rotors and pads for $102.17 regular price at Advance Auto online with free shipping. I had a $50 coupon from an order I placed in December that cut that in half, but you can take 20% off right now with the regular online coupon. I added a heater core (the later 2" thick one) for $38.99 to get back over the $75 total needed for free freight. Total for all 4, $93.80. It pays to shop around, and Advance Auto's Online coupons and free shipping has blown everyone else away the last couple months. The chicks manning the counters at the local stores are usually nice to look at but don't know beans about what they're selling.

To top it all off, Kathy picked up the title and a 60 day temp tag for it today, so after the parts show up Monday and I get the brakes and heat fixed, I'm driving it to work for a couple weeks before I turn Aaron loose with it.

Will Marsh

[binderbart]

Originally Posted by Greg R

Good haul.

Like Mayben used to say; careful there, they breed when there's another one around

if that ain't the truth