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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    Thank you, I appreciate that a lot. I too am glad I got it fixed.
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    My finding is solid. Period. My fuel mixture was the same. My idle set screw the same. Timing the same. Only thing that was different was pickup gap. Yet somehow that wasn’t the problem according to you. But it worked. So magically it just started working right? No. Stop it. You’re...
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    Also "resetting engine" means putting everything back into the same position IE mixture screws same position, idle set screw same position. You cannot have a bunch of variables when trying to find a solution. You're kind of pathetic, not gonna lie. My findings are valid. My information is...
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    Good lord, you're picking out small excerpts and leaving out everything else that it correlates too. Reaching for something to validate your opinion much? That's a little embarrassing. The overall context is clearly that once everything that should've worked didn't I began trying anything and...
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    I am on many, many forums. Of them all this one is the most elitist I have ever seen. You can disagree with me all you want. If you think I am wrong then by all means, whatever, but I also think you are wrong. So since this is my thread, exit stage left. If you think the number of messages...
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    I didn't do anything with the timing that was any different than all the other times. The only difference was this time my timing light was broken. I had already tried all the way advanced and all the way retarded. If you read the entire post you'd know that. But y'all can look all you want...
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    It also takes SPARK to make a gasoline fueled engine run. Something that it won't get if the magnetic pickup isn't functioning like it should. This isn't about disagreeing, it's literal science. Sorry YOU cannot understand that. Faulty magnetic pickup = faulty spark. There's no reason to...
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    In case I need to further elaborate. There were no vacuum leaks, I checked for that. No vacuum leaks around intake, carb, carb base, brake booster, nothing. The engine was not just idling high on its own, and that wasn't the only issue. It would also DIE in GEAR. An engine dying when put in...
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    First, don't "son" me. Second I checked everywhere for vacuum leaks, there wasn't one. I didn't just change "something" the ONLY thing different the last time from every other time was the gap change. Period. And yes, this is a way to fix a problem because what I had was a problem, and what...
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    I have no doubt that it being a cheap dizzy is more than likely the main issue, and that this is a "fix" that might not hold up forever. My only reason for posting this was because THAT ended up being what kept my engine from running correctly. I never said that I should not replace the cheap...
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    LA 318 Dying when put in gear and high idle issue solved!

    Hey everyone, I wanted to take some time in case this potentially helps someone in a similar situation to mine. To start I had rebuilt my 318 stripping it down to the block, honed cylinders, put everything back together according to spec blah blah blah the usual engine stuff. HOWEVER, once I...
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    904 Trans suddenly stopped working

    I will have to check, it's a 318 and off the top of my head I thought it was a 73 block. The converter freely spun all the way up until I mated the trans to the block and THEN it didn't want to spin by hand anymore. Which is why I figured the converter was in all the way and that was just...
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    904 Trans suddenly stopped working

    Based on the pictures it seems like my converter was close to being in all the way, I was probably only off by a few millimeters. It spun free after it slid in to the 2nd position. Maybe I just didn't push it in far enough even and it was only slightly in place.
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    904 Trans suddenly stopped working

    I think you are correct. The converter did spin freely until I got the trans and engine mated. So maybe it was all the way back even after the 2nd "clunk". It definitely sucks, because it was a brand new torque converter. But, can't buy experience. Won't let this mistake happen again.
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    904 Trans suddenly stopped working

    Well as the title says my 904 trans lost every gear. This is a project car, the car sat for years and years and years so I drained the old fluid and replaced the filter. 2500 stall was added and I filled up the converter before I installed it back into trans. Topped off trans and then started...
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    Too much positive camber after torsion bar adjustment.

    Well the 195s on the wheels now don't have as much open space as I thought then. Mine looks pretty close to yours.
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    Too much positive camber after torsion bar adjustment.

    Yes lol / \ = negative and \ / = positive
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    Too much positive camber after torsion bar adjustment.

    I will have to do that when I get back to the car, with a magnetic base level on the roof of the car it sits perfectly level after I backed out the torsion bars. There is still a lot of wheel well space. The tires are super small so that explains some of it, but not all.
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    Too much positive camber after torsion bar adjustment.

    I know the order, which is why I was adjusting ride height first. But I gained positive camber upon LOWERING the front, and that makes no sense to me. The cam eccentrics give you positive camber to make up for negative camber, if the tires already have a positive camber and the cam is sitting...
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    Too much positive camber after torsion bar adjustment.

    Exactly. That is what I expected to happen. Once I loosened the torsion bar bolts 2 full turns each I noticed the tires started gaining positive camber. And because of that, I am now stumped lol.
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    Too much positive camber after torsion bar adjustment.

    Hey guys, looking for a little help here (again). So on my 1973 swinger with a 318 the car just sits up so high. It has the stock 14" wheels 195 tires. Anyways, I loosened the torsion bar bolt to get the front end to come down a little, because there is so much space in the wheel well. After...
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    Windshield and back glass chrome trim

    I have a 1973 dart swinger and was wondering if I have to put the chrome trim back on once I install the windshield and back glass? I am not a big fan of all the chrome and did not know if it is absolutely necessary or not. If I do not need them will I be ok just using the gasket to seal the...
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