Recent content by Blackfox

Sweet, thank you! Im gonna go gap it right now!

Alright, spend some time in the garage today. Re-gapped my points to .022 and managed to get some spark from the coil, but it was weak and intermittent. So now im thinking the battery is shot and/or my points gap is to great. Not sure how far these ol girls like to be spread. Haha

Warm greetings from north of the border! May many burnouts lie in your future.

Just checked and I think I welded my alligator clamps shut. Haha There is definitely power to the coil.

Hey all, my girl has been giving me some issues and im hoping that someone on here might have some insight. Ive had my newport parked in a garage for about two years now while I finished some other projects. I went to start her the other day and she wouldnt start. I dumped some new fuel and...

Man, all three of those look like they're in better shape than my Newport. Haha You've got a nice little collection going on there.

I'm from NS, I'm just an immigrant. Haha Last oil change was probably 3000 km before this problem. Literally drove the car, parked it overnight, started it in the morning and no pressure. She a weird one.

I'll check that out when I get chance. Thanks!

Ok, so here's the thing. I have a 67 Newport with a stock 383 that I've been driving daily for the past year, I hopped in one morning and started her to warm up. It ran for about a minute before I noticed my idiot light was on, so I checked my little mechanical gauge which also said "Hey...

No need for a different gauge, I've got a mechanical on the dash, and last time I started it she had some awful valve clatter. Only ran it for a few seconds. I believe it's the pressure relief valve in the oil pump, because it was running fine one day and the next I had 0 psi, but it sounded...

I'm in Delburne right now, just east of Red Deer. And I've only got the one good picture of my girl: She's pretty much stock, other than the edelbrock 650 on top of her 383. She needs some body work, but everything important is solid. My current issues is no oil pressure, which is kinda...

Hi! I'm a 23 year old with a thing for big cars with big blocks. I own a 1967 Newport sedan with a whole host of problems, but eventually I'll have the car of my dreams. Location: Alberta, Canada