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<blockquote data-quote="mechanicboy" data-source="post: 14190173" data-attributes="member: 152347"><p>Very nice, I missed that somehow but looks very useful. I'll be reading that when I have a chance. </p><p></p><p>I finally was able to hear it run and it had a random misfire while warming while warming up that needs to be sorted out. This went away when it was fully warmed up. The engine itself doesn't seem to shake much at all visually and by placing your hands on the valve covers but there's so much vibration transferred to the passenger compartment that he won't drive it. I noticed that the engine side stabilizers (can't remember the proper term for them) feel like they are made of hard polyurethane like compound and I would expect a rubber unit on a car like that. Maybe that's transferring more vibration to the passenger compartment than it should. </p><p></p><p>The carb does have a slight leak that is dripping a small amount of fuel down into the secondaries. </p><p></p><p> I told him that before we pull the engine we could at least fix that, pull the valve covers and check the valvetrain, a compression and a leakdown test. From sitting in the drivers seat it feels like it has a bent rod that's worst around 2k rpm. </p><p></p><p>Also note that the fuel is of unknown age, I just know that the car hasn't moved in over a year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mechanicboy, post: 14190173, member: 152347"] Very nice, I missed that somehow but looks very useful. I'll be reading that when I have a chance. I finally was able to hear it run and it had a random misfire while warming while warming up that needs to be sorted out. This went away when it was fully warmed up. The engine itself doesn't seem to shake much at all visually and by placing your hands on the valve covers but there's so much vibration transferred to the passenger compartment that he won't drive it. I noticed that the engine side stabilizers (can't remember the proper term for them) feel like they are made of hard polyurethane like compound and I would expect a rubber unit on a car like that. Maybe that's transferring more vibration to the passenger compartment than it should. The carb does have a slight leak that is dripping a small amount of fuel down into the secondaries. I told him that before we pull the engine we could at least fix that, pull the valve covers and check the valvetrain, a compression and a leakdown test. From sitting in the drivers seat it feels like it has a bent rod that's worst around 2k rpm. Also note that the fuel is of unknown age, I just know that the car hasn't moved in over a year. [/QUOTE]
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