Little Blue 82

[Gary Lewis]

Gary, on an android device while in the YouTube app and viewing a video there is an option to 'share' (arc shaped arrow) within that is the option 'save link' which then gives you the character string that Ray and I have tried to 'embed' using the button supplied by Nabble.

We are not presented with the embed option you show while on YouTube.

Must be a Alphabet/Google thing as they own both Android and YouTube.

Jim - Sorry, I'd not responded to this post.

I don't have an Android device, but Steve does and maybe he and I can work through the Youtube thing. I know on my iPhone that I get different options depending on what I've done to get to that point, so maybe that is true of the Android?

Having said that, I haven't figured out why the differences on the iPhone. So maybe I need to get my head around that before tackling the Android.

[grumpin]

Last night I experimented with removing the anti rust header paint that hedman puts on their headers.

Steel wool and acetone worked great, but you clog up your steel wool really fast with gooey paint.

Heat worked the best with the least effort. I have a propane tank and the harbor frieght torch with click ignitor. Do it outside and make sure you are not inhaling fumes. The steel needs to heat up a bit before the paint will ignite. Once the paint ignites it burns off. Take a rag and some acetone after the header has cooled to finish getting the charred paint remains off.

Or, if you have a sand blaster big enough, that would work too. But the 300 six header is likely to not fit inside most blast cabinets.

Great! Thanks for sharing!

[Ray Cecil]

Great! Thanks for sharing!

Ok. When I get everything back together, should I use manifold vacuum or ported vacuum on the HEI?

If ported, whick port am I looking for?

Also, should I use the dizzy gear off the original dizzy, or is the new one ok with the original cam gear?

[Gary Lewis]

Ok. When I get everything back together, should I use manifold vacuum or ported vacuum on the HEI?

If ported, whick port am I looking for?

Also, should I use the dizzy gear off the original dizzy, or is the new one ok with the original cam gear?

I don't know about the dizzy gear for sure, but I think the issue comes with roller cams and the cams those distributors are for are flat-tappet. So, you should be fine using the gear that came on the dizzy.

On the vacuum, I like ported vacuum. I could go into a long explanation, but let's just say that ported works much better in my experience. However, I don't know which port on your carb to use. Some of the YFA didn't have a port that had no vacuum at idle and full vacuum with the throttle opening. David's carb is that way.

So you'll have to put a vacuum gauge on and figure out what you have.

[Ray Cecil]

I don't know about the dizzy gear for sure, but I think the issue comes with roller cams and the cams those distributors are for are flat-tappet. So, you should be fine using the gear that came on the dizzy.

On the vacuum, I like ported vacuum. I could go into a long explanation, but let's just say that ported works much better in my experience. However, I don't know which port on your carb to use. Some of the YFA didn't have a port that had no vacuum at idle and full vacuum with the throttle opening. David's carb is that way.

So you'll have to put a vacuum gauge on and figure out what you have.

Thanks for the response Gary. I will have to get a vacuum gauge, never needed one before. I do have a compression gauge. I wonder if it has vacuum on it too. I will have to look.

[Gary Lewis]

Thanks for the response Gary. I will have to get a vacuum gauge, never needed one before. I do have a compression gauge. I wonder if it has vacuum on it too. I will have to look.

Probably not. Most vacuum gauges also double as fuel pressure gauges, but only up to about 10 psi. Compression gauges are usually up to 200 psi.

Vacuum gauges are cheap, so you should get one. But when you go poking around watch to see how much vacuum the "ported" connection has above idle. As said, David's has none at idle. But above idle it only gets to something like 13", in spite of the manifold vacuum going to around 20". So we wound up using manifold vacuum for his vacuum advance.

[Ray Cecil]

Probably not. Most vacuum gauges also double as fuel pressure gauges, but only up to about 10 psi. Compression gauges are usually up to 200 psi.

Vacuum gauges are cheap, so you should get one. But when you go poking around watch to see how much vacuum the "ported" connection has above idle. As said, David's has none at idle. But above idle it only gets to something like 13", in spite of the manifold vacuum going to around 20". So we wound up using manifold vacuum for his vacuum advance.

Yeah, I will pick up a gauge. Thanks Gary.

Anyway, starting to put things back on now.

[1986F150Six]

Vacuum gauges are cheap, so you should get one. But when you go poking around watch to see how much vacuum the "ported" connection has above idle. As said, David's has none at idle. But above idle it only gets to something like 13", in spite of the manifold vacuum going to around 20". So we wound up using manifold vacuum for his vacuum advance.

Actually, Gary, it has ~5" Hg @ idle [venturi vacuum].

 

[Gary Lewis]

Vacuum gauges are cheap, so you should get one. But when you go poking around watch to see how much vacuum the "ported" connection has above idle. As said, David's has none at idle. But above idle it only gets to something like 13", in spite of the manifold vacuum going to around 20". So we wound up using manifold vacuum for his vacuum advance.

Actually, Gary, it has ~5" Hg @ idle [venturi vacuum].

Thanks for the correction, David. So, it isn't usable for vacuum advance.

[1986F150Six]

Thanks for the correction, David. So, it isn't usable for vacuum advance.

That is correct.