1965 Chevrolet Impala: September 2011

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Carby Back On

Decision made... carby has gone back on so we can check the timing and give it a tune.

Managed to remove the old carby to inlet manifold gasket intact (enough!) to use it as a template to make up a new one. A quick clean of the manifold and carby mating surfaces to remove any rubbish. Kept a rag in the inlet manifold to stop grit entering the engine and made doubly sure by giving it a vac. Blew out the carby with compressed air to remove any grit in it.

All went back together no probs.

I've ordered a rebuild kit for the 4GC, so when that arrives hopefully we will have tuned the engine ready for the carby to come back of for a rebuild.

In other news, it looks like I have found a 2nd hand choke (c/w internal mechanism) in the States... stay tuned.

Friday, 16 September 2011

Choke

So the choke mechanism is frozen solid on the carby; time to investigate.

First, a boring reference shot to show the original position of the choke mechanism...

Now down to business.

Cover screws came out, but she no budge. A couple of very light taps with the "gentle persuader" and voila!

Ooookay... so *that* is why the choke was frozen solid! The spring backing plate just crumbled away such was the rust.

Time to source a replacement choke mechanism.

Sunday, 11 September 2011

Carby is off + other stuff

So the Rochester 4G-C came off today in readiness for being pulled down...

Also... the reverse lights fuse (10A) is blown, so hopefully that is an easy fix.

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

AT Cooler Hose

The Impala went back up onto stands, ready to cop a new automatic transmission (AT) cooler hose.

You might remember the first fix done on the Impala was tightening a clamp on one of the AT cooler hoses. Closer inspection showed that hose was a mish-mash of solid line clamped to rubber hose in various places... so now it was time to finally tidy it up!

Before...