Mine was last licensed in 1982 and looks like that was when it last ran. The wiring was frayed, mud nest in the carb, sludge/water in the pan. Engine wouldn't turn. All rubber components were shriveled up or missing.
Dumped liberal amounts of PB Blaster in cylinders and head. Rewired the essentials, rebuilt carb, new fuel pump, temp. gas can, rebuilt distributor, new coil, new spark plug set. Slowly started to turn engine with 12 volt battery. Eventually got turning good. Flushed fluids again, retimed the engine, and eventually got to fire!
After several attempts at adjusting the distributor and the carb, I have it running fairly well. It only blew blue/gray smoke the first 10 minutes and I haven't seen anything since. I now have put maybe 40 miles on during the summer in a private subdivision. Just in case I've aquired another 216 and a 235 engine/transmission.
Kyle
