{"id":4581,"date":"2025-04-07T06:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=4581"},"modified":"2025-04-07T06:21:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T10:21:45","slug":"onwards-toward-engine-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=4581","title":{"rendered":"Onwards toward engine startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The carb linkages were exposed to moisture in the air and they are all corroded and seized. I sprayed a liberal coat of Fluid Film over everything, but still no luck in getting the linkages moving. It’ll have to come off and gone over on the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carb came out easily. The base gasket is still usable with just a little damage on the back side. I’ll use a bit of silicone on it when I do the install.;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top off and it’s dry and corrosion free on the inside – likely thanks to the air cleaner being on the car and its storage in a building with a wood floor. It was a little tricky using a thin utility knife to ease the upper gasket off. A bit of a pain putting the top back on. The primary needles (centre of the carb front section) are spring loaded and want to pop out of the jets. Only the gasket keeps them in place. The accelerator pump wants to push the gasket up. So three hands would be helpful to hole the accelerator pump rod down and then wiggle the top to fit in the gasket holes. That’s the only pain. Other than that they are pretty easy to clean and kit. The one now on the Corvette works real nice. No ‘bogging’ when the pedal is floored, just smooth acceleration. Air flow to the big back venturies is controlled by with the upper plates so that the air increase is gradual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back together and ready to go. It took a lot of penetrating oil to get the butterflies loose and operating freely. It could use a good dunking in carb cleaner, but I only need the carb to run for a short time to start and warm up the engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time the hood was taken off. I’ll need to actually sit inside the engine compartment to work on the distrubutor. The engine bay is like a half-ton truck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I hate pulling distributors because it’s so easy to mess up the timing. You need to note the location of the rotor before and after it is slipped by the cam gear. So you need to slowly pull the unit out. This unit was sticking on the gummy dried out oil. It too some sharpe snaps to get it out and of course I wasn’t sure of the final location of the rotor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had earlier drained the pan and removed the old filter. Now I’ll add new Motomaster 10W30 high mileage oil, some STP and a new filter. The engine has just over 100k miles so it is bound to be worn. The STP should help with piston ring and lifter sealing and maybe keep the cam going for a bit longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I picked up this Chev small block oil pump primer for a few bucks on Amazon. I popped it in place and spun the oil pump for at least a minute. When I removed it there was lots of oil in the valve lifter gallery – the end of the gallery can be seen through the distributor hole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nothing special to be done to the distributor just cleaning and grease. I cleaned the old oil residue from the shaft bushings and sprayed some white grease on the advance unit weights and springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next: final steps before starting the engine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The carb linkages were exposed to moisture in the air and they are all corroded and seized. I sprayed a liberal coat of Fluid Film over everything, but still no luck in getting the linkages moving. It’ll have to come off and gone over on the bench. Carb came out easily. The base gasket is … <\/p>\n

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