I got it running, FINALY. I changed everything, oil, gas, filters, cleaned carbs and it turns out the problem was with the spark plugs, but I'm sure everything else was too. The car started right up when I hooked up the spark plugs to a seperate battery, with only two drops of oil when running for maybe 10 minutes, (or around 10 min). This was great because before it was blowing oil, which was just excess, (I put in too much, wasnt reading on dipstick) and I think the two drops are excess because I put in 10quarts, when I hear the 69T has a capacity of 9.5) I think the problem is with the distributor points, or the coil (The coil got very hot when the car was running) The car smoked, but I guess that's normal considering it wasn't run in a LONG TIME (Couple years). Other than that, it back fired twice so I think I'll need to have it tuned up, and it should be tuned up considering how long its been sitting. I haven't been able to work on it, because it was winter (Cold in NJ, cars outside), and I have school. I expect things to be moving along quickly once schools finished, because I'll spend my whole summer working on the car
. Thank you all for your help on my old, OLD, thread, and it looks like it's all downhill from here.
I would post pictures of the car, but the paint and body is embarrasing
... expect pictures when I finish restoration, or body work. (I'll never be satisfied
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05-01-2002, 12:45 PM
