Recent content by MrEllis

Yeah, I metered two cars of the era and got a little over 100 ppm. I had no issue standing behind them or around them while they ran. Thanks for the info that helps.

I used the method Edelbrock suggested years ago and gauged them with a drill bit. The round end of one. They both seemed fine. But it's not really a science. I'm trying to decide if I I should get a new carb with a 650 bowl and rebuild this one just in case, at a later date. Or rebuild this...

The smell is an indicator, not the major issue. Not sure what you're taking about clear and the exhaust. My response was to the initial question the fellow asked about my exhaust, seemed he wanted to know if it fouled, like rich cars tend to do. I have a gauge, it's an inline one. If I'm going...

Working in third tank of gas since I got it. If I keep it on the highway I can escape the worst of it. But city driving if any sort, or working on it in the driveway, forget about it. And again, the smell isn't an issue, it's an indicator. The car is measured at over twenty times the normal...

I'm not sure you did read it all. But hey, thanks for... thanks!

A little **** talk is fine, I hope y'all are friends. I did appreciate his help.

It's beyond smell, my dude. I think everyone is busy dick sizing and missing that point. No problems with my '76 Dart, my '69 New Yorker or my '72 G20. I literally took a CO meter to the back of it and a '64 Galaxy, side by side, and it was almost twenty times worse. And this was a daily...

Heh, it's not just a smell, the car legitimately gives people carbon monoxide poisoning that stand behind it. Not just me, everyone. Even the saltiest, wisest, most worldly person here. Thing is a widowmaker right now. I've notice it has no fuel pressure regulator, so I've ordered one, a new...

Cool, thanks.

I planned on going to Harbor Freight this weekend. I'll get one, but older motors I've messed with never ran to spec. They seemed to be happier if juggled everything a bit and sort of tuned by ear than if you tuned it to factory. I'm more interested in one with a RPM meter as well. But yeah...

Me buying an A/F meter at this stage is like handing a monkey a gun. I'm doing it how we did when we were young a broke. Lean has that stench to it that's different. You smell it in the back of your nose. The car starts pinging on load, uphill. Things like that. It's not science, sure, but I'm...

I'm ignorant, but not an idiot. No worries.

I'm at 400'. It has the stock jets and rods. I used their, slightly handy dandy chart to find a leaner set. I dunno probably just replace the carb. It sat with little use for years.

A timing light on an old engine is not as useful as a timing light on a new one. Leaning out could make it worse, but a leaned engine smells different. This is something beyond what the timing light and some carb adjustment screws could do. But I will get one, we'll reset everything to baseline...

This one is more headaches and lungs stop working bad. It's precursor to poisoning. Not a good time at all.