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Hi guys,
So all was well on the western front and the engine was installed, fired up and ran smoothly. this was without coolant, as i was missing my heater hoses. I finally got the hoses in and installed them, but had to lift the carbs off the manifold to get the pipes in the correct location. It didn't seem like a big job, and little could have been screwed up upon re-assembly..... or so i thought. Now the car fires up after cranking for a bit and just dies. i can replicate the results non stop with it just firing and dieing. So i retraced my work, thinking i might have a air leak at the base gasket. I made a new one just in case, and installed it. Still the same. My thought behind the air leak is that if i restrict the center butterfly with my hand (almost completely covering it) the car will run. now that must be a pretty big air leak to make that big a difference. The odd part is that if i hold the butterfly down barely open the car will run where most cars will run with the throttle bodies open, so i'm now thinking my linkage my be stuck slightly open for the carbs??? I thought of this after i left the shop as i saw the cruise control chain kind of looser than before. any other ideas? I checked for popped diaphragms and loose hoses, but all is well on that side. I tried unplugging smog components, made sure my pump is pumping, fuel gets in the carb by the needle no problem, i have spark on all plugs. if i throttle the car i can keep it running but it is very rough. it only runs decent when i keep my hand over the air inlet.
on a side note the Leatherique kit is being applied to every piece and it definitely softened the leather nicely. truly amazing. the re-dye will happen this weekend I hope. Also the hydroboost is just about done. I'm waiting on some fittings and have to make a mount for the electric hydraulic pump. I know its blasphemy to modify this great car, but safety
needs to be #1 as i'll be pulling my 57 Chris Craft Capri behind this beauty
So all was well on the western front and the engine was installed, fired up and ran smoothly. this was without coolant, as i was missing my heater hoses. I finally got the hoses in and installed them, but had to lift the carbs off the manifold to get the pipes in the correct location. It didn't seem like a big job, and little could have been screwed up upon re-assembly..... or so i thought. Now the car fires up after cranking for a bit and just dies. i can replicate the results non stop with it just firing and dieing. So i retraced my work, thinking i might have a air leak at the base gasket. I made a new one just in case, and installed it. Still the same. My thought behind the air leak is that if i restrict the center butterfly with my hand (almost completely covering it) the car will run. now that must be a pretty big air leak to make that big a difference. The odd part is that if i hold the butterfly down barely open the car will run where most cars will run with the throttle bodies open, so i'm now thinking my linkage my be stuck slightly open for the carbs??? I thought of this after i left the shop as i saw the cruise control chain kind of looser than before. any other ideas? I checked for popped diaphragms and loose hoses, but all is well on that side. I tried unplugging smog components, made sure my pump is pumping, fuel gets in the carb by the needle no problem, i have spark on all plugs. if i throttle the car i can keep it running but it is very rough. it only runs decent when i keep my hand over the air inlet.
on a side note the Leatherique kit is being applied to every piece and it definitely softened the leather nicely. truly amazing. the re-dye will happen this weekend I hope. Also the hydroboost is just about done. I'm waiting on some fittings and have to make a mount for the electric hydraulic pump. I know its blasphemy to modify this great car, but safety
needs to be #1 as i'll be pulling my 57 Chris Craft Capri behind this beauty