When chasing the reason for Destiny's thirst for fuel I figured that the there could either be a leak in fuel system, something wrong with the carburetor or something wrong with the ignition system. No leaks in fuel lines were found and in the beginning of summer I had cleaned and checked the carburetor as well. So the only thing wrong would be the ignition. The spark plugs seemed clean and they had the right colour. When opening the notorious Load-O-Matic distributor I noticed that the bottom of the base was wet from some unrecognizable fluid.
I figured that moisture does not belong there and maybe the shaft or gasket were worn out and it was engine oil climbing up the shaft. As I could not find a repair kit for LOM in the NPD's catalogue I decided to check if my local suppliers would have a new and hopefully a more modern distributor for me. But the bad thing is that LOM is the only counterpart for the Autolite 1100 and Holley1940 1V-carburetors used in these sixes. The reason for this is that LOM is advanced only by vacuum through spark control valve, found only in the above mentioned carbs. So should I change the dizzy, would I be forced to change the carburetor too if I wanted them to work together. And that was something I wouldn't like to do. But luckily USParts surprised me once again. They happened to have one of those remanufactured LOMs in their stock which I was able to purchase for a very reasonable 118.15 euros (including v.a.t. and the FMOC member discount).
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| Load-O-Matic has only the vacuum for advance |
In went the new one after the had come out. When checking the old one on the shop table more fluid streamed out of the vacuum advance unit of the LOM. I am not sure what it was but I took some of it outside, fired it and it burned.
Was it fuel drained from flooding carburetor or had the vacuum from carburetor sucked engine oil all the way through the vacuum unit. I surely do not know. After setting the initial advance to 12 degrees I tookher to test drive which proofed me that the replacement was worth doing. I could not hear the slight sound of malfuntioning advance when pushing the pedal. And now the distributor remained dry too. If the fluid was fuel it must have been there for a long time and for a very mysterious reason. As a matter of fact I am suspicius that the flooding fuel would be able to flow towards the dizzy due to fact that the vacuum should pull it away from it.
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| Unrecognized fluid drained |
Was it fuel drained from flooding carburetor or had the vacuum from carburetor sucked engine oil all the way through the vacuum unit. I surely do not know. After setting the initial advance to 12 degrees I tookher to test drive which proofed me that the replacement was worth doing. I could not hear the slight sound of malfuntioning advance when pushing the pedal. And now the distributor remained dry too. If the fluid was fuel it must have been there for a long time and for a very mysterious reason. As a matter of fact I am suspicius that the flooding fuel would be able to flow towards the dizzy due to fact that the vacuum should pull it away from it.
Yes. I hate that blue cap too but that was the only left. It belongs to a '66 with Ford Blue engine, not for '65 but it will have to do now. At least I know that the dizzy is ok. May the troubleshooting continue elsewhere.
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