Well yesterday I got it running pretty well, put it in gear and.... nothing. Didn't move. No noise. No motion. No change in RPM.
Panick mode set in. Do I have a bad trans? Bad converter? Forget to put in the drive shaft? What the hell did I do?!?!?!
Pulled off the dust cover and found the problem. Some idiot forgot to bolt the flex plate to the torque converter.
So she drives! Have more work to do but she does drive. Torque converter doesn't want to lock up, though, so no burnouts yet. Also need to wire up the 3rd and 4th lockup, brake switch and vacuum switch. Putting my 1" spacer back on the carb too, checking the gap on the plugs and plug wires for snugness.
Oh and the hood is back on!
Have to increase the cold idle, lean out the choke a bit, and make her run smoother. Maybe lean out the carb also. Idle air circuit isn't set right (idle is searching).
So, long story short, she runs but not well yet.
Oh and the speedo gear will definitely need to be changed.
The rear end gearing seems fine for cruising. Probably not doing that this spring as originally planned. Instead I'll go efi. Rather sick of fighting the carb.
