RE: Slant 6 overheating

[Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I helped my cousin with a car that would run ony if the distributor was 
rotated way past the normal range.  It turned out to be that the plug 
wires were one terminal off from where they should have been.  The 
firing order was okay but required rotating the distributor too much.

That may not help the overheating but may help the distributor being so 
far rotated.


Good luck and keep us posted.

K.



WiilBill66@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> I hope I can get some help from someone out there. I have a 63 330 with 
> the  
> Slant 6 that overheats when I drive it more than 10 minutes. It does OK 
> when  
> idling at the curb, but if I drive it, it overheats. There is no shroud, 
> and 
> it  has a rigid mount four blade fan. I tried adjusting the timing by 
> ear, 
> can't  find my timing light, and it only runs smooth with the 
> distributor rotated 
> all  the way clockwise. It barely smokes so I don't think the motor is 
> that 
> bad.  Could the timing chain have possible skipped a tooth, and cause 
> the timing 
> to  not be where it needs to be? I've only had the car since Jan, and 
> don't 
> know  much about the Slant 6. My first one.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
> Thanks,
> Bill
> 
> 
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Kevin R. Merkley
Thunder Bay, Ontario
64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn)


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