71 Duster 360 (new project)
Tony, somewhere in your job experience: You had to have been a fleet maintenance mechanic,Goddamit..(lol)...
No..actually my girlfriend of many years got mad a me a month ago and has not talked to me since...SO i got plenty of time to work on the cars these days....
But....this afternoon I went over to the garage and washed a 71 Duster got the trailer with the old motorhome parked where I wanted it...Fired up car....sounded like ****..drove it up and trailer...shut it off...went to start it again...starter dragging...So I go sit in the garage....with Swamp cooler blowing on me....
I said..something wrong with the timing on that Duster...I had set it at 34 degrees...but remember after getting it running with new cam....had a hell of a time finding the timing mark.....
So after thinking for about 30 minutes...BSing with youngest daughter...I said...hey...let get that car off the trailer......so back in the garage...get 1/2 inch racket drive out ...turn engine over to TDC...pop cap...god dam rotor is no where NO. 1....
Summit SFI balancer....slipped.....after changing cam...I never checked the balancer against the timing cover......out comes radiator...off with pulley......Had another SFI balancer on shelf....with engine at tdc...old summit is advanced 10 degrees or so....put on new balancer....radiator goes back in...fire up...set timing at 34...double check......shut off engine...refire...no dragging on starter...engine sound crisp.......
Next time I go to reno...i am taking both balancers .....back to summit....say what a wonderful product you have...LOL
so anyway...no matter how many times you have done this....check the **** out...LOL
I even got home in time for the kick off....