My name is Ian, and I`m from norway!
my handle is pappa wolf, and has been that for the past 27 years!
I traded in my 1980 thunderbird, for a 1980 dodge Aspen, with a slant six!

I have absolutly no information about the car, so all help wil bee apreciatet Didn`t spell that right, did I?

well, thats a short introduktion, from me!

 

Hi Ian .... what type of info do you need ?

 

well, first of all, thank you for the welcome!

second, my knowledge about mopar is very limited!
so I know it`s a slant six, and from the information I gathered on the internet, it`s a Torqueflite transmission, even though I can`t be sure!
but I don`t know what body type, and there`s a few problems, that needs to be solved!

It`s very hard to start, when the engine is warm
When I want to use the car in the morning, I need to keep the engine running, and get it up in temperature, otherwise it will die, when I put it in gear!

It is very hesitant, on the throttle, and likes to stall out on me, when I try to accelerate, I need to pump the throttle, in order to go!

The petrolfilter I have is clear, so I can se the fuel flow, and it doesn`t seem to be a lot of fuel flowing thru there!

 

A quick fuel pressure/flow test ..... after you have it running for a minute or two .. shut the car off and crack open a line to the carb. You should have fuel pressure there and a small amount fuel squirt.

 

well, I tried that, and there`s pressure,

so i`m thinking air is missing, from the equation!!!

or the carb is dirty!

 

Weak spark ?

 

well, both the coil, the wiring, the distributor, and the plugs, have recently been changed! I chekked the timing, and that was ok!
at www.amcarforum.no were I`m a member,
someone talked about the accelerator pump, in the carb!
could that be it?

 

acc pump ? ..... could be. EZ to check ... just look down the carb and work the linkage .

 

Well, a little update!

I took out the carb, and cleaned it, got it back in the car, and it ran fine, for a day!
the next morning, the car wouldn`t start!
so today, I finally got around to pull out the darn thing!
I took it to pieces, everything that could be dismantlet, was!

And sure enough, there was dirt everywhere! and it has taken me the better part of a day, to clean it!

So this afternoon, right before I had to go get the kids from kindergarden, I got the carb back in the car, and even though, it was just thrown in, it ran better than ever!

I actually was able to accellerate, without pumping the pedal!
that was nice! hehe

so now I have to look into the timing, any good advice?
And where should it be?

Thanks for the help, you guys rock!!!

 

You might have some junk in the gas tank....SOOO ... keep a good fuel filter on the line to be sure none of that junk gets into the carb. Get a CLEAR filter so you can see what is going on.

Now on the timing ...... you probably do not have a timing lite so do it "by ear". Advance the distributor and drive the car with the vac advance disconnected until it spark-knocks. Back it off just a tad....then tighten it down. And then reconnect the vacuum line.

You should be good-to-go.

 

I do have a timing light, but I dont know how to use it
I looked at the timing indikator, an it goes from 0 to -30 degrees (I think)
I usually play it by ear, when it comes to timing, and it is always a little off.

but the car runs great, at the moment! yesterday it was raining (again!) and i overworked the throttle, and went sideways out from the parkinglot!
it was not intended, but it was fun!

so as soon I get to Kongssvinger, ill be taking care of my Dodge pickup!

 

GOOD to hear things are better for you !

BTW .. how many older USA type cars are on the roads in Norway these days ?

 

Chally ... those are the headlights WINKING !