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To clean carbon from 2 and 8 at high ideal run water down the carb,
like in a mist for about a minute and it will nock it out. If you still
have that miss disconnect the vacuum line to the Dist advance then try it
under load, if then it's OK change the Dist. advance
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From: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday,
February 13, 2002 07:06:53 PM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: IML: Useful
Information
I just wanted to let everyone know about some success I
have had recently.
Hopefully it might help others. I have a 1956
Imperial. I recently replaced
the brakes. Put in new wheel cylinders,
master cylinder, hoses, blew out
the lines ,and replaced it with
silicone brake fluid.
The brakes worked but I did not have much pedal.
I found out other people
had the same problem. I followed some advice
and bled them again. I even
purchased a vacuum operated pump. I still
could not improve my pedal. I
finally took it to two of the more
experienced mechanics in town. He looked
at it and said he could take
care of it. He had an old woman come in 3
weeks earlier and he had the
same problem.
He did correct it and my brake pedal and brakes work like
a new car. He
told me the problems arise in the dual brake cylinders
on the front
of the car. My right one still had some air in it. He
said you have to
remove the brake assembly and work it like a steering
wheel back and forth
with the brake line still connected. You can also
tilt in towards you back
and forth. Usually gravity is enough to allow
the fluid to expel out of the
fitting without someone pressing the
brake.
He also adjusted the plunger in the new master cylinder and
whoola, great
brakes. I am very happy.
I am still battling a
problem with a miss under load. I have replaced the
points, condenser,
rotor, distributor cap and wires with items purchased
from Andy
Bernbaum. I have put in 2 new sets of plugs, new coil and
balllist. I
rebuilt the carburetor. I even had the mechanic above look over
the
carburetor and he basically rebuilt it himself. The compression is
145lbs on 7cylinders with one being 137. I have found heavy carbon on
plugs on cylinders 2 and 8 on the right side. I pulled the distributor
and
the mechanic above put in on a dwell distributor machine, a rather
older
and interesting piece of test equipment. The dwell and the
distributor
checks out good.
I have ordered a new cap and rotor
from NAPA and am going to replace them
tomorrow. I have used all NAPA
parts on the car before expect the tune up
kit parts I received from
Andy Bernbaum. I am basically going to put the
rotor and cap on if
that still does not work. I will replace the plug wires.
The car starts
up fast and at low idle not under load is quiet responsive
and smooth.
As soon as the load comes it misses. I suspect the 2 and 8
cylinder.
Any more ideas would be
appreciated
Anthony
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