Recent content by Ricks70Duster340

Update: I attached some gauges and found the system was over charged. The tech at Vintage Air sent me a document showing the correct hi and lo pressures. I brought the pressure down to be within those ranges and the thermometer in the cabin vent went up. The VA tech said to bring the low side...

Temp starts out at about 42* when things are cool.

When I first start driving the Vintage Air system I have cools as expected. After about 30 minutes the compressor starts short cycling, whether I am stuck in traffic or driving on the highway. Just before it starts short cycling the compressor gets noisy when the clutch engages. Obviously when...

Be sure the thermostat you have is a high flow one like this Stewart Components one, not all are.

Yes, the smaller starter is a must with those headers. The Dougs were the easiest I've ever installed. The problem came when I upgraded my torsion bars to fatter ones. Now I had interference issues so had to pull the headers and put some dings in them. Frankly, there are pros and cons to...

It *should* not get a signal with the wire disconnected. Sounds like the signal wire is touching a ground somewhere along its path. That would explain the erratic things you're seeing on the gauge.

~13.6 volts

I'd say water was getting in there. Remember steam cleaning our engines by pouring water into the carb? Sure did the job of cleaning those chambers & piston tops!

One aspect is how loud it is in the car while cruising down the road with the windows closed and the other aspect is how loud it is when the windows are down. For me, I want a much quieter muffler while cruising but don't want to take a chance on buying one that is not what I want. I typically...

When I married my wife, she had just bought her first car (a 69 Charger 318) from her mom. I replaced the points for her and said that would be the last time I would ever do that. The distributor was in the back of the engine and was really hard to get to. I replaced her points with the DC kit...

Thanks. I'm open to all possibilities at this point. As I work through this and get success I will post an update.

The quickfuel carb ran OK, but not great. It made gobs of power as the secondaries opened. When I hit it I could spin the tires at 40 MPH. I put some Nitto tires on the back to try and get better traction! Biggest issue was the poor low speed "manners" that it had. Edelbrock and Holley style...

I've had it for a couple of years but only tried it on another engine without success. Yeah, after I tightened the door and it had no effect I figured that was not the solution. The carb runs great on the primaries, very snappy compared to the QF I was using. We'll get to the bottom of this!!

Is there a way to search the membership list to find members in my area? If so, how?

No sir, that did nothing.