starting a slant six for the first time in 15yrs ???

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Originally Posted by jollykreiger
I tried to set the dist to 10 deg but I need re plunge it a tooth over. One thing I did notice is that I could not get it to rev up without way more advance on the dist.

Not sure why you are messing with timing. If it was running then, it should run now. Just gapping the points a tad wide will advance the timing a bit. To do a "quick check" spring the rotor against the advance mechanism (cw) --it should spring right back. If not it's rusted up

For a while before I posted this I was having trouble getting a decent spark... Even with all new wires and cleaning everything. The only thing I could think of was that the contact between the dizzy and block were bad. (never heard of it happening before but points are only so complicated) So I pulled it cleaned the mating surfaces and now have an amazing spark. I was pretty sure I got it back in the same place but I guess I missed a tooth or when my dad put it in years ago he was off (it was at the edge of the notch on the block anyway when I pulled it and my dad barely knows what a timing light is let alone how to use it)

As far as the water goes someone stole the heater core and all the "water" drained out as a result, and over the years of sitting I think it evaporated. It always had the hood closed whenever I saw it so I'm not too concerned with rain water getting in there.

And yes I do need to reinstall the ballast as that went the way of the rest of the missing stuff
Or what I was actually hoping was to make sure she ran fine and upgrade to the orange box