...a good honest story which I think we can all appreciate...thanks Nick.
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From: "Dirt Rider" <drt-rdr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 8:47 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] some progress
> I worked on my plym tonight Joe Boubilis and I actually.and we figured out
> why I could not get the power steering on (6 cyl, 56 Plym).
> Are you ready for this, I could not believe it until I saw a pic and check
> the parts manual and saw a different number. The motor oil fill tube is
> different between PS and Non PS. I can modify mine to work. I'd like to
find
> the correct one though. the fill tube is in the way for getting the
> generator close enough to the block for the pump to clear the distributor
> .
> Also, I built my own wiring harness and my car sucessfully started
tonight,
> so I was very happy.
> I had problems a long time ago that my #1 plug wire was not in the correct
> place on the cap, but the car ran. After diagnosis and lookng and looking
at
> the shop manual. We realized that the distributor hold down bracket was on
> backwards, so the distrib was not advanced correctly and the vacuum
advance
> pointed in the wrong direction and it also made the clip that holds the
cap
> down interfere with the power steering pump. the vacuum advance also does
> not work. So, while the distrib is out, I'll clean it, put in new points
> condenser and vacuum advance and new gasket to the block and put it back
in,
> then it's modify the filler tube and then put the PS in.
> Oh well, I feel like I made good progress tonight although I took a couple
> steps backwards
>
> Nick
>
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