EurekaSevven
Active Member
68 Newport 4Door Sedan guy here.
One of the first major things I plan to do with my car is to rebuild the engine, both as a safety measure to prevent it blowing out on me, but also because it needs work anyways.
The engine generally runs fine, I could post a video of a cold start tomorrow, but there's an issue with acceleration. There's a bit of hesitation/"dead-zone" when you hit a certain spot on the pedal (I want to say around 30-40 mph). I don't think it's an idle problem as the distributor seems to be set as right as I can see (it has a red mark on it, so I think it was worked on previously), and once the engine heats up I don't hear any pinging.
What I personally suspect is a bad accelerator pump inside the Carb (it's a Carter 2 barrel, model 4423, according to my manual, as it's an automatic car), or maybe something relating to vacuum. (The vacuum advance on the distributor is bad, but that's to be expected just because of the age and how long it's been stored).
Any ideas? It's about as specific as I can make it, if you guys want a video tomorrow showcasing everything I'll do it, just so it can narrow down the possibilities.
One of the first major things I plan to do with my car is to rebuild the engine, both as a safety measure to prevent it blowing out on me, but also because it needs work anyways.
The engine generally runs fine, I could post a video of a cold start tomorrow, but there's an issue with acceleration. There's a bit of hesitation/"dead-zone" when you hit a certain spot on the pedal (I want to say around 30-40 mph). I don't think it's an idle problem as the distributor seems to be set as right as I can see (it has a red mark on it, so I think it was worked on previously), and once the engine heats up I don't hear any pinging.
What I personally suspect is a bad accelerator pump inside the Carb (it's a Carter 2 barrel, model 4423, according to my manual, as it's an automatic car), or maybe something relating to vacuum. (The vacuum advance on the distributor is bad, but that's to be expected just because of the age and how long it's been stored).
Any ideas? It's about as specific as I can make it, if you guys want a video tomorrow showcasing everything I'll do it, just so it can narrow down the possibilities.