My new motor mounts came in so I installed those. Ya gotta love old cars. Only about 15 minutes to install both sides! I did a bit more research on my distributor, engine combination (1971 Ford Torino points type distributor in a 1975 Ford Granada engine) The manuals say to use the 'sticker' to determine the correct initial timing, however since the engine didn't come in the car, no sticker. I searched the internet but there isn't much info. Since the engine is a 1975 Ford had just started with the smog stuff. It originally had a 'duraspark' ignition but since that was swapped out I wasn't sure what I should set the timing at. I had played with using manifold vacuum to set it and found that it was setting is above TDC. I did find some references of setting timing to 0 TDC so figured I would give that a try. The motor starts better now and the 2500 rpm vibration has reduced. Guess I will stick with that for a while.
I ordered a turn signal cancel part for the steering column, hopefully I can get that installed this week. I also need to install the passenger side rear wheel seal as it's leaking just a bit.
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