0r0B210 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 I'm like you don't think I know my door is open? What the actual fuck. Although, annoying- I like the full experience of the car. The noises, the carb, the slow turn signal flashing...it is all good when your car is complete with buzzers and all, jaja. But I am one month in to owning my little B, so that could just be my rookie year naivety. jaja. Peace Guys. -Octavio 1 Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Im gonna throw it in and see if I can get everything working as it should. If it constantly screams at me its getting yanked. I will of course test it before putting the whole car back together for easy access. Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Its alive!!! Got the interior harness finished up and moved under the hood. Got everything situated enough to try to fire her up. Took a few minutes and she breathed her first breath in years. Runs good have a high idle issue. For some reason the throttle stop will not rest on the idle screw. Was able to put it in gear and made sure the trans works. So far so good. Gonna need a new ignition switch and figure out why the starter grinds so bad. Just glad it runs and so far everything electrical seems to work as advertised. 1 Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Starter issue solved... no plate between block and trans. Gonna build a spacer until I can get a plate for it. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 16, 2013 Report Share Posted December 16, 2013 Runs good have a high idle issue. For some reason the throttle stop will not rest on the idle screw. It's normal to start up with a fast idle, indeed carbs have a fast idle cam that is engaged when the choke is on. Once warmed up and the choke, presumably off, the cam should drop down out of the way and allow the throttle to return to the idle stop. Check that when warmed up, the choke plate is fully open. Probably the fast idle is just stuck. Liberal spraying of carb cleaner or WD-40 on all the linkages and moving them by hand through their range of motion will loosen them up. Hold the throttle part open when doing this. I don't have a 210 carb but the fast idle cam will look similar to this plastic one... Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I do not have the factory carb. I have a Webber and the choke isn't hooked up perhaps it is stuck electrically from the last time it was hooked up? Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Also it was warmed up I let it run for a good 10 minutes to make sure nothing was leaking and get it up to a high enough temp for the stat to open. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Congrats! How did you solve the starter problem? Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 I havnt solved it yet but after some reading and realizing that just about every import car I have ever owned has had a plate between the block and the bellhousing of the trans that starter mounting depth is probably my issue. I think If I were to build a spacer for the starter that i would be fine. Finding a new plate in my area is gonna be very hard to do.I will get to it some time this week or weekend. I need to find an ignition switch so I can start the car with the key instead of under the hood by jumping 12 volts to the relay. Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Good news... My Block plate is there I just didnt realize you couldnt see it from the top. The issue with the starter ended up being that the bottom bolt was the wrong thread pitch and did not go all the way in. I installed the right size bolt and the starter now works like a champ. My lovely wife went and ordered my new switch yesterday so I was able to install it this morning. My ignition switch now works as it should. I was also able to get the idle down I hooked up the electric choke on my carb and low and behold the choke allowed the throttle stop to touch the idle screw. She idles beautifully now. Now all I need to do is church up some loose ends in the interior and start installing the dash pieces. Should be road ready by next week. Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 OK huge update. I have no pics but will get some tomorrow for sure. The car is doing great. I was dared to drive the car to biloxi Mississippi for school. It was a mad dash to get it ready for the trip. I ended up scoring a Second Gen Ford Escort seat to try out. All I had to do was swap the tracks off the old seat onto the escort seat and drill a new mount hole in the track to bolt up to the escort seat. I also had to elongate some of the mount holes in the tracks. The seat is a little tall but it is liveable for now until I can do something better with it. I got new tires all the way around and realized I had front wheel drive offset wheels on the car so spacers were bought and installed. Most of the interior is back in well everything I had anyways. The car ran great other than the starter just didnt seem right still. So off I went to Biloxi. Car was doing great and I made it a few hours into the trip when I started getting some exhaust popping. Pulled over the distributor was loose along with some plug wires and a spark plug. Adjusted and tightened everything down and back on the road i went. The car did great and I made it with no issues. Bought a timing light and found timing was maxxed out on the distributor so pulled it out and moved the base plate. Timing is dead on now and she runs much better. Pics tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Great news! Just a little TLC and she'll be a reliable cruiser. Quote Link to comment
roboskittle Posted January 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Latest picture that I took of it today while I was out running some errands. It has come a long way and still has a long way to go. It is a blast to drive it and always have people looking at it and stopping and asking about it. This Forum has been a great help in getting it back on the road. Just wanted to say thanks guys. 3 Quote Link to comment
dukerollo Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Haha. Glad I found this thread, gives a little history. I now own this car! I have been chasing this car around for a year and a half. I think this guy bought it from the guy that had the car when I looked at it. The car was sold again before I ended up with it. It has been around for sure. It is pretty much in the same condition as it was in the thread. The wiring is janky and most of the dash is gone, but it will be good. I'll start a build thread shortly. Quote Link to comment
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