RE: [ihc] I...Think I Have, I... Think I Have

["John M. Adams" <jma@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I rebuilt my 2300 a few weeks ago. Then I rebuilt it again yesterday...
My problem was a very small piece of a broken O-ring from the last needle
assembly. It had caused some very irregular/intermittent/infuriating
problems. (hard starting followed by poor idling followed by flawless
performance followed by zero problems the next day followed by easy start,
smooth warm-up, absolute dog under load the next, etc...) I wonder if you
could have had something as simple as that? It doesn't make as a good a
story as your "Scout Possessed" (I'm looking forward to hearing what she
comes up with next), but perhaps you blew something out in your last
carb rebuild that had been causing your problem all along?

-John A.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
T.R.E.Jr.
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 11:31 PM
To: IHC-Digest
Subject: [ihc] I...Think I Have, I... Think I Have


--Okay, I want to thank those who put forth effort to help and also thank
those who didn't... for believing the problem would be solved. First off,
sitting here I have a points dizzy which I set the contacts to .010". If I
haven't solve the problem, I am going to install this and cross all body
parts of which I have more than one. What are the specs on a Holley points
dizzy and how do you set the dwell (if you do)?

---Today during my frequent stops at home, I went and talked with the Scout.
I cleaned the terminals on the plug wires and coil wires, took Q-tips with
rubbing alcohol to the terminals in the cap and the coil, sandpaper to all
the copper, and dielectric grease to all terminations. One thing might be
that I was using spark plug boot protector for dielectric grease without
knowing I was doing so. I have two tubes and thought I had one, the
dielectric grease tube was found with a label and the tube I was using had
the label worn off. DOH!

---One thing I did notice the night the Scout broke down on us, was the
pungent odor of raw fuel. Well, I cannot stress how important it is to
listen to what Holley says, From here on in, I am going to live by the
phrase "use only genuine Holley parts on your Holley". I bought an Echlin
kit from NAPA, and though they are a company owned by Dana, I believe my
old* needle and seat is a far better design than the one I mentioned was in
the rebuild kit when I rebuilt the carb 2 years ago. I noticed today when I
was diagnosing problems with my trusty ear and nose, that the carb would
flood out occasionally and for no particular reason. I rebuilt again two
weeks ago, using spare gaskets from the many 2300g kits I have bought over
the years and my re-useable gaskets, have the tank PORed, and all fuel lines
clean, so I couldn't believe that when I swapped out the needle and seat for
an ancient one, that the problem disappeared. Now I think it is time to
change my "less than 700 mile" Mobile 1 oil and filter, fill with cheap oil
and flush out all the fuel that surely had to seep into my crankcase. I was
getting terrible economy during the previous tuning of the motor and it was
indescribably poor when I would take her for a test drive or to the store.

---The thing that had me stumped was how it would idle wonderfully and act
like an asthmatic when under load. I am still suspicious about the EGR
valve, if anyone has a part number I would greatly appreciate it. This is
for a 304 w/2300 and T-19. I don't believe that blocking off the EGR is
acceptable with my motor and I would really like to replace the EGR which I
virtually destroyed with grease cutter.  :-O

---I am not through yet, I am suspicious that it wants more attention. It is
running fine now and driving fine. In the past, I would have been happy and
thought nothing of it. Now, I think it is up to something. I wouldn't be
surprised if tomorrow it were spewing out fuel again, but for now, she sits
quietly...  waiting, plotting...

---Thank you,
-T.R.E.Jr.
-`73 Scout II (StoneThrower)
-`51 Farmall H (Heinz)
-`49 IH fridge (presently unnamed and in need of a compressor)
-`49 Plymouth Special Deluxe 4-door Sedan (Papapalooza)
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