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Old 09-25-2020, 04:25 PM   #15
farmerdick
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Default Re: New Rebuild Overheating

The person who rebuilt the engine had set the TDC mark on the pulley in alignment with the pin on the distributor cover. I have Skips rebuilt water pumps. I was just reading an older FB post and it was mentioned that they push almost twice the volume of water!!! It would seam that the water would not have an adequate time to cool down as it passed through the radiator and fan? Idling in the garage to set timing and adjust dwell. We did not just let it just idle for the fun of it. Run for 2 to 3 minutes, make an adjustment then shut it down as it down. The distributor is a Bubba Chevy conversion.
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