Author: O_Knut

I have a 71 Newport royal with the original 360 with the original 2 barrel Holley carb. The carb is interesting, albeit bad, as after 52 years the plastic idle setter and throttle control peice has worn so bad that my cars idle is all over the place, a…

So my interior lights used to dim all the way to off, now they only go halfway before the switch gets stuck. Anyone else experience this?

Sentry? What is it and what does it do? I don’t even own one now I’m just curious

Out of hibernation! Starts fine, seems to climb up the revs in park (I’m guessing choke issue what do all of you think) the transmission seems rough but probably because fluid hasn’t been flowing (just filled it) and it has no brake pressure (full of f…

Parked it and it wouldn’t start after that, checked the wiring with test lights everything seems good. Porcelain parts are working and not cracked. New starter solenoid, new ignition box, fixed the distributor, new starter coil, new battery, more groun…

I’m asking for any potential ideas here. I’ve been working on the car pretty much every day for over a week now and even tho I enjoy it, it’s taking up a lot of my time, and eating into my very small finances. Even though I love the car and know I’ll r…

So the car left me stranded this afternoon, smoke rising from the carb. Let it sit called a couple mechanic buds (none of whom could agree on what’s wrong) but the one I think is the most correct said it seems I may have a valve leak. This is causing t…