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I was feeling pretty good last night, having gotten Susan's car going. This morning I spotted a wild turkey in the front yard with a neighbor cat (one of maybe a dozen now) stalking him. Chased the cat away and the turkey also went out of sight. Later we went downtown to pick up Susan's son Ben. Got in the other car and looked down the driveway and this is what we saw:
Looked like he owned all he surveyed. Maybe not as fast as a roadrunner but about as smart!
Then we went to work on the 245. Struggled with the distributor and went over to O'Reilly's auto parts and got a can of PB Blaster and started soaking things down. With a lot of work we finally got it to where it would turn by prying the end of the slot against the bolt with an alignment punch. Still couldn't get anything like proper timing. So we took off the timing cover and redid the timing belt installation, which MAY have been one tooth off (I'm not really sure). Put it back together and it wouldn't start. Checked the Haynes manual on distributor installation and confirmed that the rotor pointed toward the line on the edge of the case at TDC. Still wouldn't start although it would occasionally kick back. Trying the timing light while cranking never showed a sign of the timing mark but considering how it kicked back it seemed like it is still very advanced. I turned the distributor as far as I could in what I thought was the "retard" direction, that is, the direction of the arrow on the outside of the case. Didn't help. So I am not as far ahead as I was this time yesterday and am even further from getting my 164 back so I'll have something to drive. Still haven't got my cleaned tank back in the celery 122 wagon, still haven't got the engine in the yellow peril (behind the celery wagon) and haven't even started on the new old wagon (in the middle).
Any advice will be much appreciated. I'm tired of newfangled OHC engines, timing belts, struts, K-jet, etc etc. Sure would like this thing OUTTA HERE!!
Thanks for putting up with this rant, and the yard bird.
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Central US
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