Father-Son 1974 Duster Project
Booster and brakes working perfectly.
Now that the intake is not sucking air at the booster and I have 18-19 inches of vacuum, all of a sudden I have some oil leaks where the intake meets the heads. Checked the bolts quickly and discovered the bolts closest to the carburetor were pretty loose. Tightened those four with a box wrench and slowed the leaks down to almost nothing. I only did a quick check of the intake bolts before I painted the intake. Should have paid more attention to this as the seller took the intake off to take pics of the motor when he was selling it.
Oh well live and learn. I hope going thru and torqueing the manifold bolts solves the issue.
Then I'll take another run at setting up the timing. Since the big vacuum leak is gone the motor idles much slower and may stall out when moving it around. Still runs rough at higher rpm, but my guru AlV insists she needs more timing. I'm beginning to think he's right. There is no drop of fuel pressure when it starts to faulter. We shall see...
I adjusted the fender support brackets and trimmed the front lip of both fenders because there was so little clearance, I gained a 1/2".
Also finished running the rear wiring harness and installed the passenger side marker lights then Cleaned and prepped all bulb sockets with noalox antioxidant compound. Installed all bulbs and ground straps. Things are shining bright.
Installed a new brake light switch and the lights are working an shining bright.
Even though the oil leaks stressed me out a little, I had an enjoyable day working on my car.
Booster and brakes working perfectly.
Now that the intake is not sucking air at the booster and I have 18-19 inches of vacuum, all of a sudden I have some oil leaks where the intake meets the heads. Checked the bolts quickly and discovered the bolts closest to the carburetor were pretty loose. Tightened those four with a box wrench and slowed the leaks down to almost nothing. I only did a quick check of the intake bolts before I painted the intake. Should have paid more attention to this as the seller took the intake off to take pics of the motor when he was selling it.
Oh well live and learn. I hope going thru and torqueing the manifold bolts solves the issue.
Then I'll take another run at setting up the timing. Since the big vacuum leak is gone the motor idles much slower and may stall out when moving it around. Still runs rough at higher rpm, but my guru AlV insists she needs more timing. I'm beginning to think he's right. There is no drop of fuel pressure when it starts to faulter. We shall see...
I adjusted the fender support brackets and trimmed the front lip of both fenders because there was so little clearance, I gained a 1/2".
Also finished running the rear wiring harness and installed the passenger side marker lights then Cleaned and prepped all bulb sockets with noalox antioxidant compound. Installed all bulbs and ground straps. Things are shining bright.
Installed a new brake light switch and the lights are working an shining bright.
Even though the oil leaks stressed me out a little, I had an enjoyable day working on my car.