Why do I have high fuel pressure...

[steve meltzer]

Well, it appears that bad teeth have won the battle. Can't get enough starter bite to start the engine, tho' it sounds very promising for a nanosecond. Put a socket on the crank pulley to change the geometery, but, as noted, not enough meshing to get 'er started for more than a second, then the starter won't engage the ring gear any longer. Set the primary float with the e-pump pulling 5 PSI, and the float is unchanged from before, so that's not the issue. Not sure why, but there's clearly a sl. amount of raw gasoline lying atop the secondary butterflies, tho' the car never started. arggggh. s

[Gaz64]

You can set the float level roughly with the engine off, but the engine needs to running, consuming fuel on the idle circuit to make an accurate level check.

Especially with sight glass bowls.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by steve meltzer

Well, it appears that bad teeth have won the battle
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Not sure why, but there's clearly a sl. amount of raw gasoline lying atop the secondary butterflies, tho' the car never started. arggggh. s

Well I was afraid of that. Although, on the bright side, I told my daughter, who is in her second year of dental school, that I was helping a Texas gynecologist with bad teeth, and she was quite interested... for a moment, at least. OK, if you're going to replace the flywheel, or at least the gear around it, you might as well replace the pressure plate, driven disk, TOB, and pilot bushing, if they all have 15 years on them. Well, bright and early tomorrow, lets start pulling the seats and tunnel. Did you pull the N/S valve out of the secondary side as well, in order to put a dab of Vaseline on the O-ring? Or did you only do that on the primary side (which now appears to be fixed).

[steve meltzer]

Gaz64-thanx for explaining the reason the engine should be running for the most accurate float setting.

That this was inevitable was obvious the moment I spotted the rotten dentition! (Not once, in all of my training did they even mention teeth, and rarely, feet!)

Unfortunately, and despite having two lifts, both have been tied up for months and it will be several months until one of them is available. At my age, doing this without a lift is out of the question. An alternative to this would be to do what i can from above (with some stuff done on the jack stands) and tow it to a shop near me. That would be less satisfying, more expensive (and he's pretty cheap), more risk of damage to the car, but faster. Might need a good bottle of zinfandel to make that call.

It's been less than a year since I did this exact exercise...the original hydraulic T/O bearing was leaking and failed, and the car wouldn't stay in 3rd gear. Pulled the tranny and had it rebuilt, and put in a Kirkham mechanical t/o bearing, with his slave to move it. (wonky purple colored unit!). At that time, the flywheel was not resurfaced, the teeth looked good on the ring gear, and the pilot bearing was replaced. Pressure plate looked good and the clutch disc was within spec. Did I do something wrong to bring on all of these plagues? thanx.....Apparently, no redemption in my garage. steve

[patrickt]

Well, that's a personal decision. As you know, the only heavy piece is the transmission. My TKO is almost exactly 100 lbs., and I have a weight-lifting high schooler who can dead-lift that amount almost with one arm tied behind his back. An alternative to that would be to whip up a quick transmission sling with 2 x 4's and a block and tackle. Envision a small "beam bridge" over your transmission, with a block and tackle sling, acting to hold it up, and then allowing it to easily pull out and away. Casters on the bottom of the bridge could allow it to roll easily. The bridge could either be inside the car, or outside the car. Once you had the transmission out of the way, the rest is pretty much all down hill, even for one set of hands... unless you were really heavy handed with the red Loctite last go-around.

[patrickt]

[steve meltzer]

Patrick, thanx again. Def'n cogitating on my next move (but the car won't move 'till I get my tuchas in gear!). I'll post the list. s

[patrickt]

Steve, how much does your carb tilt in one direction or another? Almost none of our carbs sit perfectly horizontal on an FE, but if you step back and look at yours, how much difference is there between the nose and the tail?