CC was just delivered. I pumped the gas a few
times to set the choke on the 440 and my 67 Crown started right
up with the oil, fuel and alt guages immediately coming to life.
But she ran very rough. I figured it was because it is cold
(about 28 degrees) and gave it about 15 minutes to warm up
until I got a temp reading of about 20%. It continued
to run rough while dark (black) smoke exited the back. As I
listening to her idle I could hear it miss. I put her in drive
and rolled down off the small hill where she was parked. When I put it in
reverse to drive back up she started to buck and stall so I
gave it more gas. It sounded labored the way a tired engine will
sound but did make it back up. I'm dissapointed and not at
all sure it's any better now than the last time I drove
it.
In the hopes it's nothing too serious like valves,
heads etc, I'd like suggestions of what else it could be. Here's a
list of what they did;
new points and condenser
set ignition timing
adjusted carb
changed the plug I couldn't get to so now
it has all new plugs with just over 100,000 miles and old gas.
I've read posts about old gas and am hoping that's
the culprit. There's
also a possibility I might have added more lead additive
than necessary.
Thanks in advance for your
suggestions.
Dan Collins
67 Crown Coupe
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