SB

How long do you think it took me to find a soda bottle cap under the carpet (not floor mat, actual carpet !) that was causing ignition issues in a car ?
Battery was in trunk, and ignition box behind glove box. Wires ran under carpet. Cap needed a little pressure to short a wire. No pressure, no short !

No issues when back to the shop because there would be no passenger !

Fuk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ben

I spent two hours at the boat ramp trying to figure out why I had a miss a few weeks ago because of the same thing. Happens to the best of us! Glad it was an easy fix!

sprink58

Always remember: "18436572" LOL. My Dr is a Car guy and has restored a few Camaro's and Corvettes. He did my last surgery and when I was just coming around after general anesthesia after surgery he asked me " OK John...firing order Chevy V-8?"...My answer...18436572...He said..".ok...He's ok...turn him loose in about 30 minutes !!!" LOL

SB

I'v replaced probably more ignition wires than 95% of the people here, and I still use these at the distributor when I have them, not to just make it easier for me, but the next guy (owner included) also.

Boatally Insane

My new BBC has a double swap firing order... "1-8-7-2-6-5-4-3"
REALLY messing me up.. LOL

hblair

Guess who's going to the river this afternoon?
I just love the sound of these things. Music to my ears...
https://youtu.be/6blqc3QndwU

502ss

So glad you found the issue and glad I could be of some help! Now go out and enjoy that beast!

Thanks
Jim

getrdunn

These are great. Doesn't matter if your a novice or a pro. Can't screw up. Especially when your azz deep up upside down looking like a wine cork puller in your bilge doing multiple things at once. Then a little burn here and there (ouch) to top things off. Gotta love it though.

when engine is dressed and marinized it would appear all the plug wire lengths etc could never get switched around but with a little trouble shooting here and there wires can get pulled and the next thing you know you have two or even three the same length dangling in the bilge. I always make a habit of following from and to but these are time savers.

hblair

She was running good. I was real happy with it. I am still running 22 pitch props. I have some 25 pitch I just bought but the hub adapter is different so I can't run them yet. I spun the Rt motor up to 5700 rpm which was apparently more than it wanted. I checked my guages and noticed the oil pressure was low on the Rt side. Killed motor. Opened hatches. Rear seal apparently let go. Oil everywhere on the back of the motor. Limped back on lt side. Got back to shop. Put oil in Rt side. It was 2 quarts low. Fired it up. No oil pressure. Killed it. That's where I am right now. Supposed to carry family to gulf shores in a few weeks. I'll be pulling the motor, cutting the oil filter open and going from there.
This school of hard knocks is expensive.

offshore312

Did you weld the pickup tubes in the oil pumps? If not, do your self a favor and pull both engines and weld those pick ups to the pumps...