60 FI will not start

[Pat M.]

Re: 60 FI will not start

Donald,

I also use those same six words with my wife, they seem to work good though.. Happy wife, Happy life...

Like a friend of mine says, "when mama's not happy, nobody's happy!"

[Clem Z.]

Re: 60 FI will not start

any time you remove a distributor always bump the engine to set the rotor tip pointing directly at 12:00 o'clock and that way there is no doubt when the distributor is back in on the correct location.

[John D.]

Re: 60 FI will not start

Hi Don, Back from Corvette Carlisle now but totally shot. Anyhow I saw something in the posts you should be aware of. The weak link in a 58 to 61 FI unit is that the cranking signal valve is screwed into the intake manifold (plenum). Backfiring can quickly blow out one of those expensive critters. If you get the engine started and it runs like crap and blows out black smoke you will know that the CSV is trashed. John
P.S. Crude way to run without a CSV. Eliminate it from the system by installing a longer piece of rubber hose between the CSV and the metal vacuum line. Get the car started one way or another and then clamp the rubber hose off. In theory you have removed it from the system and you could drive across the country with a blown CSV.