pastfast125

Finally got my fuel pump issue sorted out. Rewired it and have a switch on the dash. Got my electricals tested today, everything is charging fine, but my battery terminals on the cables are old and loose and worn out so I'm losing charge through those. My timing is too far advanced so it's hard startin but I should have that fixed soon. Man It sure is a pain when everytime you go to stop ya gotta put it in nuetral, switch pedals, brake with ur left and keep the car runnin with ur right LOL. AW man this car is fuun though! lol I was driftin all over the place since it's raining out, good stuff.

ANYWAY, I'm just really happy bout that so I figured I'd let ya know,

HACKGT350

sounds like your timing isnt advanced far enough thats what was happening wtih my friends vette after we put the new engine in it wasnt advanced far enough so he had to brake wtih his left andhold the gas wtih his right so it wouldnt die

pastfast125

it's also real hard to start, it fights itself the whole time till you finally get it goin, so the timing is off in some way lol.

HACKGT350

sounds like its not advanced enough to me anyway if its having trouble starting check your starter solinoid make sure the terminals are clean. my car was doing the same thing thought it was the timing then it stopped turning over all together and had to jump start it every morning pushing it down the driveway got a new starter still didnt work looked at the starter slolinoid and the one terminal was all nasty looking cleaned it up never had a problem again

militarymustang88gt

yeah check the timing if it is too adanced it would idol higher than normal know that one from experience then it was too low started dying now i have it in the sweet spot

pastfast125

thanks guys. Would 14 be a good spot to shoot for just to get it runnin for now? right now it's on 87 gas, but I start a new job in the morning so I really need to get it runnin right, so think 14 would work good for 87 right now, once I get some good gas in I'll do the timing again to get it right for that.

HACKGT350

that might be a little high on 87 try 12

pastfast125

I'm either on 87 or 89, I took the cheapest I could get without runnin that ethenol junk so whatever that is lol.

HACKGT350

haha yeah thats 87

pastfast125

hah alright 12 it is. So to make sure I got the procedure right, I disconnect that spout peice or whatever that hangs by the distributer. Then I loosen the distributer hold down bolt or whatever... Then I start it pick my number on te balencer, connect the light to the 1st spark plug wire, blah blah blah sound about right?