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    My '83 GL: The Ski Wagon

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    Put the new disty in, this time it works! Its a Partsmaster now WTF? Either way, its still the original casted housing and such. Car runs better than it did, I still have some bucking, but now its not really at speed. If I'm on the interstate, it doesn't really buck, but if I'm doing 45mph it'll buck a little with slight load on motor.

     

    So, I dunno. Perhaps its the clutch? I still need to change all that stuff out.

     

    I set the timing to 20* BTDC or close to it, it runs a lot better than it did, and wow, its not as noisy now. Didn't know the disty was making that much ruckus.

     

    stock timing is ~8* BTDC. With a weber I would end up somewhere netween 10-13. 20 seems a bit excessive...

    My '83 GL: The Ski Wagon

    in Members Rides

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    check the vac advance on your disty. if you hook a mity-vac up to it, will it hold vacuum?

     

     

     

    I have not checked the vacuum advance yet, what do I have to do, in order to check it?

     

     

    not that it matters since you ordered a reman one, but you may just want to check this anyway, just so you know... and if the vac is good, you can keep if it's the same as your new one for backup, or sell the advance part if it's different...

    My '83 GL: The Ski Wagon

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    not the adapter plate. if it ran exactly the same way (bucking-wise) with the hitchi, then I'd start looking at the following:

     

    check the vac advance on your disty. if you hook a mity-vac up to it, will it hold vacuum?

     

    you really only need 2 vac lines. one from manifold to brake booster. one from Disty to front port on weber. make sure all others are plugged or not in use. you may have one vac line coming from your passenger side tower area (behind) to your intake, and it would be used to run hvac controls.

     

    any side to side or up/down play in the disty shaft?

     

    were both fuel filters replaced?

    My '83 GL: The Ski Wagon

    in Members Rides

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    Yep they are stock replacements, they use the same bulb style connectors, but the bulbs are removable on these vs sealed beam. So its a halogen bulb inside a 4x6 housing.

     

    that's what I meant by new lights :)

     

    I've had issues in the past where the connectors on the bulbs didn't electrically match up. hot and ground were in different areas, but that was on a combined hi/low bulb. yours should just be two 2-prong bulbs then, yes?

    My '83 GL: The Ski Wagon

    in Members Rides

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    That is what I was figuring, the EA flanges look more "stout", if I may be so bold.

     

    I AM going to remove that spacer block that comes on the EA81s, since it will not be needed with the new header.

     

    if you have the spacers on both sides, I'd leave them... I'd say the bolts are rusted really good onto the spacer... and will be incredibly hard to remove... I tried with a good impact to remove the ones from the engine I put in Ben's car, and the spacers just laughed at me... they are usefull though. if you ever strip out the aluminum threads, you can tap the holes and use to attach your exhaust :)

    My '83 GL: The Ski Wagon

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    I've seen the same problem when assembling parts from my junk pile :)

    the adjuster bracket varied depending on AC version installed, Factory vs. Dealer, etc... you'll just have to find a bracket that will work better... or a spacer

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