Congrats on your "kitten"!
Hi Butch (aka WildKitty)!
Glad to hear that your 300 has come back to life! :thumbsup:
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WildKitty
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got the "little" 300 fired up the other day - I had been not seeing a prong on the connection on the capacitor touching the outter plate of the points. the points that came out of it had the capacitor attached... damn those points were hard to get to.
Groan . . . . you bring back bad memories of tuning the car da'hard way! :clonk:Around 1980, I just couldn't put up with the skinned knuckles and the rest every 3000 miles and put in an electronic ignition. When I started on the restoration repairs last March I had the shop put in one of those newer electronic ignition units that fit entirely under the distributor cap. Yeah I know, definitely not authentic, but the goal has always been for our Buick wagon to be a daily driver, so the frequent tuning sessions really had become a drag. Besides, I like the skin on my fingers - where it is!
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WildKitty
I musta got the carb exactly right - and the dist pointed in the right direction, one hit on the start button and she took off and purrs like a kitten, well, sorta large kitten.
Definitely sounds like you are in good shape! The engine cannot sound good unless the running parts are indeed running smoothly and in sync! :finish:
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WildKitty
sitting onna trailer in the garage is a tad noisy.
will rpelace the cracked cast exhaust manifolds with a set of headers. they came black so I will hit them with some high temp silver before I put them on.
:thumbsup::shield:
Butch
Sounds like your La LeSabre is going to look as nice at it sounds when you have all put back together!
Great Job! :1st:
Keep up the good work!
Edouard