Please bear with me. I bought a 66 coupe that was almost ready to run. I have since got it running and street legal. Kind of fun to drive around. Here are my questions.
I went to try and verify the timing and that is were the fun began. I have been told that the engine is a 289. But I have found out that it has 302 heads. Also the water pump appears to be a 302? The draw hose from the radiator is on the right bottom when facing the car. The hose comes up right in front of the fuel pump and goes into the water pump. What this means is the timing marker that I believe that should be on the fuel pump side of the engine is not viewable. On the alternator side of the engine there is a marker. My harmonic balancer has two paint marks on it, one at 6 degrees and one some distance CCW from there. If I use the timing marker, there is no way to get the engine to run right if I try to use the 6 Degree mark. If I use the other mark it runs pretty well. Has any seen this or know what I am talking about? Also, if I were to change the balancer how do you get the other timing mark on it?
Please give me some thoughts, they are appreciated.
Take care,
Ron
I went to try and verify the timing and that is were the fun began. I have been told that the engine is a 289. But I have found out that it has 302 heads. Also the water pump appears to be a 302? The draw hose from the radiator is on the right bottom when facing the car. The hose comes up right in front of the fuel pump and goes into the water pump. What this means is the timing marker that I believe that should be on the fuel pump side of the engine is not viewable. On the alternator side of the engine there is a marker. My harmonic balancer has two paint marks on it, one at 6 degrees and one some distance CCW from there. If I use the timing marker, there is no way to get the engine to run right if I try to use the 6 Degree mark. If I use the other mark it runs pretty well. Has any seen this or know what I am talking about? Also, if I were to change the balancer how do you get the other timing mark on it?
Please give me some thoughts, they are appreciated.
Take care,
Ron