Mrs Mook's HZ Prem

[mook]

It may be sucking air through the booster or through the trimatic's modulator. Disconnect each of these in turn with the car in drive and handbrake onto see if it idles properly (plug the manifold hole with your finger). Also make sure it has full vacuum advance to the dizzy, not ported vacuum. This increases the advance at idle to speed the engine up a bit to counter-act the torque converter action.

I'll try those options now, just put in ppan adjustable idle screw. I held the brass threaded bit in place with some masking tape and gave it a sidewise tap with the hammer. Got it in the rest if the way with an f clamp. Worked a treat!

[ambientgoat]

Agree with HK on that, all those hoses could do with replacing, I don't think I saw one that wasn't cracked and brittle.

[RAEME]

The car is running and driving! well sort of anyway, i had to do the second slave cylinder as it wouldn't bleed.
The second one was out and in about 15 mins where the first one took about 2 hours! I have never done this before and i didn't have a book to reference. I worked out that I had put a shim/washer thing in around the wrong way on the first one that i noticed on the second one, so i went back and fixed it.

When Mrs Mook got home i got her to do the break pedal and i did the bleeding (is break fluid bad for your face?)

I can't get it to idle very smoothly (ie cruising up the parade at norwood wasn't as cool as i expected, stalled several times and was shuddering at low speeds) and i have an adjustable idle screw ready to put in. The one currently has the screw (with the flathead adjustment in the plastic sleeve). Is there an easy way to pull the sleeve out ready for the new one?

Cheers guys for the advice, especially [MENTION=114]ambientgoat[/MENTION] who received hourly updates today!

I laughed so hard at the "is brake fluid bad for your face" I damn near choked, thanks mook made my day!!

[mook]

Well drove the car to work today. It overheated on the way back to the workshop and pooed all over south road.
The was heaps of poo on the top of the tank and on the cap. I'll flush it all again. Re filled the radiator with coolant for the drive home. Wow was that fun! Running so rough with no power, stalled heap of times! Held up a lot of traffic. One young lad on The side of the road yield out that I must be living the dream. I certainly was!

Here is the poop in question


I'm going to try the breather hoses tonight. I don't recon it'll drive to work tomorrow like this.

[mook]

Having a quickly recky around the engine there are three definite things that arnt attached to breather hoses.

This thing on the side of the manifold


That thing bolted to the top and front of the rocker cover


And the hose furthest away on the carbon canister.


Also is there anyway that a radiator would overheat without it being broken?
There was steam coming from the bottom of it when it went dry. But it didn't overheat or loose any fluid on the drive home.


Coincidently all three hoses are zip tied together!

[thatotherguy]

lucky it didnt poo all over your face

[mook]

One guy one radiator! I hear you! Do you have a good 6 I can swap you for a good v8?

[HK1837]

Those are all spark advance controls for pollution equipment, except for the canister which is just fuel vapour. You need to get it leak tested to make sure it doesn't have a blown head gasket. And also take the radiator to a radiator shop and get it cleaned out. It'll be all gunked up. I'd also pull the whole thermostat housing off the front of the head and give it a good flush out. Flush out the heater core too. Then buy one of those top radiator hose filters when it is all cleaned up, and run water with corrosion inhibitor, not glycol.

[thatotherguy]

no sorry i only have V8s too i have a 6 but it was in my torrie and that was overheating too . Take the thermostat housing off and take the thermostat out and put the housing back on and run water through the top hose with the bottom hose off and give the block a good flushing.Had the same problem with my HT (had been sitting for 4 years) and thats what i did and its ok now

[mook]

Head gasket.....
Flushed out the block thermostat and radiator and filled it back up. Noticed this

Sigh...
Well it's a good time to learn how to rebuild a motor!
I'm defiantly learning a lot on this car.

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[MENTION=114]ambientgoat[/MENTION] want to rebuild a motor?