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Although not completely 100% correct yet, I did finally figure enough of the problems out to get it started & running on it's own power today! I had to Jerry-rig a couple electrical things, ran the injectors at WOT in a catch pan to clear them out, and then I figured out it had a distributor cap from a 2 valve, which meant all the wires were on wrong, then the rotor was 180 degrees out. After all that, she literally fired right up! There were a few times I tried to fire it, and the wires weren't hooked up right, she backfired quite insanely - sounded like a gun in the shop(I still haven't put the exhaust on
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So once I got it running, revved it up some, and ..... of course found another problem: passenger side radiator leak. Luckily, it's right on the engine side, easily accessible, and will be braised tomorrow. So that, and un-jerry-rigging the electrical, and it'll be ready for some test driving.
I promise I'll take pictures before it leaves http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif but for now, the actual running of the engine is worthy of a few

So once I got it running, revved it up some, and ..... of course found another problem: passenger side radiator leak. Luckily, it's right on the engine side, easily accessible, and will be braised tomorrow. So that, and un-jerry-rigging the electrical, and it'll be ready for some test driving.

I promise I'll take pictures before it leaves http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif but for now, the actual running of the engine is worthy of a few


