I got my 142 running the other night. My excitement didn't last too long, as it began to overheat quickly. I removed the thermostat, and verified coolant was being circulated, but it still overheated. I read in the Haynes manual that bad timing can cause overheating, so I thought I would begin taking a look at the timing. The first thing I checked was to see if the distributor vacuum advance was hooked up to the manifold, which it was. I removed the line and tried to blow through it, but it was clogged. I looked in the end that was connected at the intake manifold, and saw something in there. So I cut it out, and it was a copper looking ball the size of a BB. After I reconnected the vacuum line, the engine ran better and did not overheat, but it still needs adjusted.

This BB shouldn't be in there, right?

-JC