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1967 Eldorado need help!!!! - 9/10/2008 5:32:12 PM

Trip

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Status: offline I have a 67 eldorado that I have been having alot of trouble with the engine on. I have a timing gun and I time my engine to were it runs tip top but if i drive it for a day to a show or some sort then the timing strays and it starts to run bad agian. It seems like i am timing it every day after i drive it. Why would this be?

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RE: 1967 Eldorado need help!!!! - 10/26/2008 9:47:46 AM

Big5DoubleZero

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Status: offline What does the ignition system look like under the cap? How many miles does this have?

If you can return it to running well each time. Then I don''t think it would be a stretched out timing chain that has jumped but isn''t completely ruled out.

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RE: 1967 Eldorado need help!!!! - 10/26/2008 10:42:09 AM

Katzmans Caddy

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Status: offline Is the distributor being tightned down? Usually a 5/16 nut. You need a special wrench.

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RE: 1967 Eldorado need help!!!! - 10/26/2008 6:00:31 PM

carnut

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Status: offline NEED MORE IMPUT!!! you set the timing to what? 2 days later it strays to what? Static timing can move if point gap changes or the distributor moves. If the timing chain is that loose, the timing light would show a wavering, fluctuating line on the crank pulley when you attempt to set it. I think your point gap changes and because of that, the static timing changes as well. Should be 30 degrees dwell for any V/8.

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