: (Anyone know the bulb part number?) While
: turning it over it did skip and fire just
: slightly. I may have got water in the
: distributor while taking a power washer to a
: wood rat nest nudged up against the engine,
: and I got a little carried away with washing
: as well but nothing to crazy. I took the
: distributor cap and rotor off to inspect the
: points. They definitely look like they need
: to be changed. Looks like the round rivet,
: which holds the puck shaped point face is
: the only thing making contact with the
: other. Also I noticed it might not be all
: that fun changing the points with the room
: given. So far I am happy to here it fire
: slightly. Just out of curiosity… Will a
: matchbook gap setting work to start with new
: points? Anyone know the gap settings?

: Points gap at .020, I would bump the engine
: around until the rotor points straight-up
: and then remove the distributor to change
: the points and clean things up.
:
: Check the vacuum advance pod and the mechanical
: advance weights while you have the
: distributor out. Just be sure to not move
: the engine position and re-install the dist.
: with the rotor pointed straight-up as
: before.
:
: Sounds like this Valiant will start-up with-out
: much fuss, you may want to syphon-out all
: the old gas and put in some fresh stuff
: before starting the engine.
: DD

: around until the rotor points straight-up

: I would bump the engine to 12:00 position
:
: Sorry, please excuse my lack of knowledge, but
: where is the straight up position of the
: rotor? Thank you, and thanks for the
: additional info in your post.

:
: Get the rotor to point to "12:00"
: position or stright-up, pointer at the head.
: This is just an easy to see reference
: position that is easy to find again when you
: go to reinstall the distributor.
:
: That distributor has gear on the end of the
: shaft and can go-in a number of ways, you
: need to get it back in at the same position,
: so bump the engine around so the rotor
: points straight up and even put a mark in
: that place so you get the gear back into
: that spot.
: DD

: To my amazement it fired up and ran so smooth
: and quiet I didn’t even realize it was
: running. (I am used to the sound of the 283
: motor in my jeep, which is a bit louder) So
: I see there is no exhaust leaks and no
: knocking or strange motor sounds, no blue or
: black smoke. This Slant6 runs very smooth!
:
: Thanks very much for the help offered at this
: site!
: Tom-

: Today I bought the car and towed it home. I am
: charging the battery.
: I hooked it up to my jeep using jumper cables.
: It will turn over. Also I noticed that after
: turning it over the compression has
: increased. Now it feels normal. Something
: ells I noticed is that the block is red, and
: the head and intake manifold are blue. All
: the electrical works with the exception of
: the front blinkers the dash and radio. The
: little missile shaped blinkers on the front
: of each fender above the headlight work
: except one… so I might need a new bulb?
: (Anyone know the bulb part number?) While
: turning it over it did skip and fire just
: slightly. I may have got water in the
: distributor while taking a power washer to a
: wood rat nest nudged up against the engine,
: and I got a little carried away with washing
: as well but nothing to crazy. I took the
: distributor cap and rotor off to inspect the
: points. They definitely look like they need
: to be changed. Looks like the round rivet,
: which holds the puck shaped point face is
: the only thing making contact with the
: other. Also I noticed it might not be all
: that fun changing the points with the room
: given. So far I am happy to here it fire
: slightly. Just out of curiosity… Will a
: matchbook gap setting work to start with new
: points? Anyone know the gap settings? I’ll
: post more info on it later. I’ll check to
: see if I can find info on some of these
: questions on the archives of this site!
: Thanks for any help, and thanks for puting
: up with a newbee. -Bolt

:
: The bulb is a #330, be sure its well grounded!
: The '67 is particularly difficult to remove,
: as there is no slot on the orange plastic
: insert to turn. When a car was ordered with
: the fender mounted "bullets", the
: directional blinkers in the dash were
: deleted.