Help needed with sb 318
Revival of this thread from last summer.
An update.......since this thread went dormant, we did a bit more work. Basically installed a new wiring harness for the ignition circuit......installed all new autometer gauges.......replaced most of the fluids.....and took it to the field. Got to use it long enough to find out it was working pretty well. Still need to rewire all the lights, etc, but a new situation has popped up.
If she has been running, she will generally always start right up and run at idle OK. But if you rev the engine, she will stall and and if you don't take your foot off the gas, will die. She will cruise down the road.....but with any load.....like climbing up a hill.....at lower rpm....say 1,500 to 1,800.....she stalls and coughs.....But if the engine is cooking along at 2,500+ rpm's, she will pull the load.
We are thinking tuneup. Timing, vacuum lines, etc.
If a person had to guess......what plugs, points and condenser would you be shopping for? Seems to be an 83' block, with original 70's era carb and ignition components. Will have to go to parts store armed with some numbers......as there won't be any computer reference for this thing. No VIN#, etc. No known model. You could pull what it has now and match those, but no way of knowing if they are the right thing for this particular engine.
Found a guy to do the wrenching, but he has asked me to find some specs for him. Timing.....dwell, etc. Parts numbers, etc.