2011 - 28th September - Preparing for a 160k run

Weather permitting this Sunday I will be going on a club run to "The Last of The Chrome Bumpers" at Lardner's Park in Warragul.

So I decided to do a bit of servicing on the Chev last night.

Lubed the rockers arms, valve tops etc.

Cleaned up the spark plug wires that were covered in oil, and fitted new boots on the dizzy.

Cleaned the inside of the dizzy cap, removed carbon from the 4 contacts.

Cleaned the points with a couple of rubs of fine emery, lubed the dizzy shaft.

Sprayed inside of dizzy cap with WD40.

Pulled out just one plug, clean, still clean after about 700 miles, straight back in.

 What a difference. The Chev has always started in a few seconds since 2007, but this time started in about 1/2 second on a cold engine.

Pushed choke straight in, fully advanced, runs like a purring kitten, well as close as a 28 Chev can that is.

 Hope that remains constant.

Up to about just after the wedding in 2007 , when I finally got the timing right, discovered the choke was not working and converted to 3077's used to take about 30 seconds to start

Checked the overflow tank, no water needed.

Good nights work.

All set for Sunday, hope the weather is kind.