Wednesday's work session started out like normal. I cleaned up all the grounds in the hope that would fix the spark issue, but to no avail. Ed and Dom showed up, so we pulled the rear shocks and put the Frenchy ones from the Camaro on. It helps some, but the springs are just shot and they need to be replaced. It is an improvement though.
About that time Ken showed up. We started troubleshooting the spark issue and his eagle eyes noticed a difference in the mounting holes in the HEI module. One hole had more metal around it and it went into the module. This, apparently, is the actual ground. Once we moved the ground connection to it, the engine fired up. So to review, there are 2 mounting holes on the HEI module. One is ground, the other is not.
After getting the car running, I drove it around the block. It was bogging down under acceleration. We sprayed carb cleaner around the carb base to check for leaks and there were a few. We pulled the carb and put gasket sealer on. Another quick trip around the block shows are still having problems with bogging on acceleration. We'll tackle that some time after the holidays.
I'm happy the car is running again. We have better shocks and the cage is almost all done.
I'll be in Charlotte on Monday and will stop by the pull a part. I'll see if I can pick up some rims, an aluminum radiator with electric fans and a 3rd brake light for mounting on the roof.
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