1974 Plymouth Valiant Scamp - Restoration is a strong word
The transmission rebuild finally finished a few days ago. I got it and a new torque converter reinstalled Thursday night, and took it for a 60 minute drive yesterday. All good!
Durning the downtime, I decided to paint the grille black. I know it’s not “correct”, but it was already faded and I figured the worst case scenario was painting it twice. I dig it like this.
I pulled out of the garage this morning, and it was running rough. So grabbed my timing light and vacuum gauge. When I went to put the timing light in, I got shocked all the way up to my elbow. I shut the engine down and rechecked all the spark plug wires. Some were not tight. After that, I set timing with the light, and idle mixture by vacuum. It sounded much better.
Them my daughter and I took a 25 minute drove to a car show. The car ran better than ever before.
Here’s my favorite car at the show…
I’m going to install heater hoses and the heater control valve today. Just waiting on clamps. I have not needed heat in the AZ weather, but that’s about to change.
The transmission rebuild finally finished a few days ago. I got it and a new torque converter reinstalled Thursday night, and took it for a 60 minute drive yesterday. All good!
Durning the downtime, I decided to paint the grille black. I know it’s not “correct”, but it was already faded and I figured the worst case scenario was painting it twice. I dig it like this.
I pulled out of the garage this morning, and it was running rough. So grabbed my timing light and vacuum gauge. When I went to put the timing light in, I got shocked all the way up to my elbow. I shut the engine down and rechecked all the spark plug wires. Some were not tight. After that, I set timing with the light, and idle mixture by vacuum. It sounded much better.
Them my daughter and I took a 25 minute drove to a car show. The car ran better than ever before.
Here’s my favorite car at the show…
I’m going to install heater hoses and the heater control valve today. Just waiting on clamps. I have not needed heat in the AZ weather, but that’s about to change.