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Well, I got the Comet running a couple of weekends ago after a 32 year hiatus in a field! Drove her all week. Everything was ok. I expected a few hiccups! I have the 144 with the 1bbl and a 2 speed. I replaced the 1904 Holley with an NOS 1908 Holley. I had a slight tremble during slow acceleration, almost felt like a clutch slipping. Well, when I installed the carb, I thought since the new one was a little bigger, and I have nothing close to a performance eng I would replace the stock jet in the 1908 with my stock jet in the 1904. 1904 was a 52, 1908 was a 64. So after messing with the air mixture screw as much as possible I decided to replace the jet with a spare 62 I had. Voila! Immediate smoother idling and much smoother pick up! I think, apart from the leaking exhaust she almost runs like new!
To fill some of you here in, I found this car in a field in Wisconsin. Floors were gone, I mean rocker to rocker and fire wall to rear obliterated! But she showed 32K on the odo and everything else was tight. Door hinges, locks, no wear. I pulled the head to have the rear exhaust manifold ear brazed. The cylinders were PERFECT! You could still see the cross hatch. No ridge. This was a weekend project and the car was kept at my in-laws garage about 25 miles away. But after getting everything back together I was plagued with a serious vacuum leak. Now the fuel pump is a dual acting and it was replaced, so I never thought to look at it. I bought the new carb and still nothing! She would not idle. Well, it turned out to be the vacuum part of the pump. I bypassed it, wipers are directly off the manifold for now. And after the jet change last nite, what a cruiser! She really isn't even that slow! I have had 80 mph out of her and so far, before the jet change averaged 26 mpg for two tanks!
Whew! What a blast!
Duane
To fill some of you here in, I found this car in a field in Wisconsin. Floors were gone, I mean rocker to rocker and fire wall to rear obliterated! But she showed 32K on the odo and everything else was tight. Door hinges, locks, no wear. I pulled the head to have the rear exhaust manifold ear brazed. The cylinders were PERFECT! You could still see the cross hatch. No ridge. This was a weekend project and the car was kept at my in-laws garage about 25 miles away. But after getting everything back together I was plagued with a serious vacuum leak. Now the fuel pump is a dual acting and it was replaced, so I never thought to look at it. I bought the new carb and still nothing! She would not idle. Well, it turned out to be the vacuum part of the pump. I bypassed it, wipers are directly off the manifold for now. And after the jet change last nite, what a cruiser! She really isn't even that slow! I have had 80 mph out of her and so far, before the jet change averaged 26 mpg for two tanks!
Whew! What a blast!
Duane
