- Dec 26, 2003
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Hello all! Im new to Classic Mustangs but consider myself a pretty good mechanic. Ive only worked on new cars though and am not used to distributors and adjusting timing.....and these carbuerator thingies.
I just bought this absolutely beautiful 65 coupe that looks awesome and has a recently rebuilt engine in it that is really clean. But it keeps fouling the plug in hole #6. It gets a nice carbon build up on it until it actually bridges the gap. Then the car runs like poo on 5 cyls obviously. The other plugs look ok. The car doesnt smoke. It fires right up but seems to idle rough. The lady I got if from very rarely drove it. I dont think shes driven at all in several months. She did tell me however that before she put it up for sale she had a complete tune up done to it including a new distributor. So I guess I just need to know what to look at first. I was thinking that maybe its doing this from lack of driving it and the rings are a little gunked up. But like I said... Im new to these engines. Funny how I would feel more comfortable on a late model car than these relatively simple older engines. Any help would greatly appreciated.
I just bought this absolutely beautiful 65 coupe that looks awesome and has a recently rebuilt engine in it that is really clean. But it keeps fouling the plug in hole #6. It gets a nice carbon build up on it until it actually bridges the gap. Then the car runs like poo on 5 cyls obviously. The other plugs look ok. The car doesnt smoke. It fires right up but seems to idle rough. The lady I got if from very rarely drove it. I dont think shes driven at all in several months. She did tell me however that before she put it up for sale she had a complete tune up done to it including a new distributor. So I guess I just need to know what to look at first. I was thinking that maybe its doing this from lack of driving it and the rings are a little gunked up. But like I said... Im new to these engines. Funny how I would feel more comfortable on a late model car than these relatively simple older engines. Any help would greatly appreciated.