I though it was a fuel filter but how can it get clogged is what i dont understand....

I was told that it might be the harmonic balancer by a mechanic haha shows how much they know about old cars

 

B.M: i thought it might be the fuel filter but how can it get clogged i havent figured it out yet....

Z28pete: i was told that it was caused by the harmonic balancer.... shows how much these mechanics know about classic cars

 

Through the years small bits of dirt and other things will get into the gas tank,plus as old as these cars are and with metal gas tanks,rust can build up inside the tank and small bits can flake off and get sucked into the fuel line.You may have 2 filters,some have a filter in the line,and a filter in the carb right where the fuel line connects to the carb.

 

i had gas in the line up to the carb and when i loosened the fitting gas came out do u think it could have gotten rust or dirt in the filter

 

so i just got back from checking the distrubutor cap i took it out the gear and pin are intact still but the gear inside the motor isnt turning....anyone think its the timing chain

 

So you turned the engine over by hand, or cranked it with the battery, and you can see the gear isn't turning? The gear is on the end of the cam. If it isn't turning, neither is the cam. A lost timing chain would be the next suspect.

 

i cranked it like i was going to start it and dive... i took the distributor out of the engine block and the gear on the inside that turn the gear on the distrributor wasn't turning. so what i might have to do is get it towed from storage and spend a weeked taking the fron end of the engine apart... FUN!!!!!

 

sorry but its hard to tell if your talking about the gear turning when the motor is turning over or not. so when you had the distributor cap off did you turn the motor over to see if the rotor (plastic deal on top that shows when cap is off) was turning? its very rare for the timing chain to break, ive never heard of it happening on a sbc. jumping a tooth yes but a broken chain no.

 

Something tells me it will be a while before this car runs again.

 

yah if the rotors not turning i am gona say the cam busted. ive seen that a few times, one put a valve through a piston.