The first item in order, I felt I could get the car to run better. While it ran good, the engine seemed nervous. I did some testing of the A.I.R. components, and found one of the check valves and the mixture control solenoid were not quite up to snuff. Added to that, these cars always respond well to a fresh set of wires.
Bill Hodel was awesome to deal with not only for parts, but also for technical information.
Tim had Phil redo the carb when he bought the car a couple of years ago. Tim bought the car out of a long term slumber, so he had a punch list on the car. In addition to the carb, he had Fred Ballard rebuild the original 40433 fuel pump, and one of his local friends rebuilt the headlight motors, clock, and radio. When I got the car from Tim, I elected to dive into the carb, as it was leaking down. Often times on the 4160 series carbs, my experience has been the metering plates need to be snugged after some heat cycles. This is the original smog specific Holley 3814. $$$$$$$ when you can find one....
Nice and dry overnight now
