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Posted 29 January 2014 - 10:01 PM
I think you're on the money with the top hose I didn't even think of it. Perhaps it has something to do with the thermostat coil being fed through.
In the thermo fan kit did they give you a rubber fillet. The rubber fillet must be inserted between the top tank hose spigot and the thermocouple tube as you install the top hose otherwise you can experience coolant leakage from the top hose around the thermocouple tube.
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Posted 30 January 2014 - 07:49 AM
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Posted 31 January 2014 - 05:57 AM
Have a look at the end of the hose, you will see the fabric that's in the middle, if it's stained the colour of the coolant it could be a faulty hose. The hose can damaged internally & the coolant finds it's way into the fabric a seeps out when cool.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 10:23 AM
You were right, the hose was stained. Turns out the fillet had come loose and was causing it to leak when it cooled. Fillet was all creased so i got a new one from Davis Craig, who is conveniently around the corner from me, and fitted it all up. What a pain to fit!
Later that day i was driving home when all of a sudden bang and pop pop. I thought i busted the alternator bracket so i pulled over to check. Not a bolt out of place throughout the whole car? I go to start it, pop pop pop pop, could barely drive it. Its just missing and popping. What's happened? When you are trying to drive the car just bunny hops and misses. Could the plugs have fouled? How can i trouble shoot this? Any issues with the carbs? All i did was change the damper today, and fit some cooling cowls and a fuel pressure gauge.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 10:27 AM
Take the fuel pressure gauge out, try again.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 12:34 PM
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 05:40 PM
Had similar noises when I did a timing gear.
When it stripped it jumped one or two teeth but continued to run roughly
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 05:49 PM
So this is the latest. Plugs obviously fouled so i changed them all, and to no avail. Slipped balancer maybe?
Will barely idle. Click the pic to play it in photobucket
Edited by judgelj, 14 February 2014 - 05:56 PM.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 05:56 PM
After listening I will vote timing gear still.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 05:57 PM
You thinking balancer or timing gear? What causes this?
Edited by judgelj, 14 February 2014 - 05:57 PM.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 06:02 PM
Balancer wont cause that.
Timing gear goes because of age.
Has it been replaced?
Another possibility may be the dissy gear, but usually when they fail they fail totally
Scrivet Counter
Posted 14 February 2014 - 06:04 PM
Check your dizzy hasn't moved.
Edited by S pack, 14 February 2014 - 06:04 PM.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 06:13 PM
Definitely a new alloy timing gear, not sure it could strip a tooth could it? Reckon the dizzy? Ill have look. I was downshifting to turn into my street and bang it just made a noise and happened. Does that help? Im spewing, i had a car show this weekend i was really looking forward to it. Nothing ever lets me go to these!
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 06:20 PM
That should rule out the timing gear then.
Pull the rocker cover.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 06:30 PM
Good point my rocker arms were due for pre load adjustment after initial run in. I had the sideplates off to troubleshoot some leaks and a few push rods were a little bit loose to spin. What could have happened exactly? This is pushing my mechanical knowledge a bit and i dont have my mentor around to help me. He's in Europe lol.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 07:43 PM
you have chipped the nylon distributor gear tooth and is now out of timing, put a new steel gear on
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 07:54 PM
you have chipped the nylon distributor gear tooth and is now out of timing, put a new steel gear on
Already has a steel gear on his dizzy Dave.
Cheers
Dave.
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 08:00 PM
OK, sorry,
Done a head gasket, do a compression test because, you can miss the water jacket and still have no compression
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 08:06 PM
if two cylinders are low, it means it has blown between the two cylinders, or if one cylinder is low, it has blown out the side, both can still be working badly and no water jacket problems. Dave I
you can hear the out the side one
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 09:12 PM
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 09:13 PM
could the gilmer drive be putting strain on motor,one thing i know when you run gilmer belt there is no slipage like the normal belt,ive heard these things can be dangerous when down shifting,can lock up,
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 09:21 PM
the Gilmer Drive is on a different part of the Crank
so it could not change the timing hey
right, so how bad is this motor running
Eliminate the Gilmer for a Test Jacob
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 09:21 PM
oh ok .im just thinking of the strain on motor whether its busted something
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 09:23 PM
Was running OK before
Good Point Maz - bye the end of the night, Jacob willing, we will crack the case
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Posted 14 February 2014 - 09:31 PM
its might have something to do with teeth or keyway,what do you say jacob
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