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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    Thank you, Mark! You have helped me a lot, as well. I appreciate it! All of you - there are others, as well. Nice to have a team that you can rely on!
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    Probably the weekend after the Fourth.
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    You, The Man, Droid! I started it up and at about 600 rpm it was idling nicely. Then the dribble started after about a minute and immediately got the rough idling and the engine quit. I took off the float chamber/reservoir, and in the shop, I was going to replace the float valve, but the two...
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    No, I have just under 6 lbs of pump pressure, last I checked, but may be worth checking again. It was probably above idle when I was looking at it, as it wouldn't stay running at idle long. I will try and see it at idle. I may not get to it right away.
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    Maybe my terminology isn't perfect, but when I look down the carb with the engine running, I see fuel kind of splattering through both barrels of the carburetor. Seems it always kind of splattered like that when I have checked it before - maybe it becomes more vaporized lower down. The float...
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    Here she is!
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    Well, you haven't heard from me for a while because you have trained me well. The lower rebuild looks like it was a success, but I have had other little problems that I have been able to now handle on my own. The current problem is with Carburetion. The Chinese knock off of the Edelbrock 1409...
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    New (to me)motor, swapping a 302

    My goal was reliability and was surprised at Grok's answer.
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    New (to me)motor, swapping a 302

    Here is a write-up from Grok on his estimate of the horsepower from the upgrades I made. It is a pretty interesting read. Grok has helped me a lot for any questions I have had and is free. But it doesn't replace the experience of the pros on this website.
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    New (to me)motor, swapping a 302

    My 302 is a 1976 190 HP. The difference between the 175 and the 190 is the firing order and the roller cam, which is a GT40 head. I believe they changed the firing order to handle a problem of some cylinder getting hotter and blowing out more often - I don't know that it increases performance...
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    I will try something like that.
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    The spline section of the shaft sticks up - I don't have a big vise but can probably clamp something onto it and beat on it or pry it with a big bar, which I do have. I have just been using a vise grip. I will probably concentrate on getting my outdrive back on the boat and deal with the junk...
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    I got the nut off of the pinion gear, so that part of the shaft is wedged solid. The top part of the shaft turns but won't pull out. The pinion gear is just dangling there held in by the forward gear and the driveshaft. The forward gear and all can't come out as the pinion gear and the bottom...
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    I got the lower back together and mated it to the upper. I am assuming that the cause for the failure was the spliced shift cables that had separated, as nothing else was found flawed in the lower. I will be mounting it back onto the boat soon. I still haven't been able to get the broken...
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    Foord 302 lower rebuild

    Okay, I got the new forward coil and checked it on the meter and it read 7.3! So, I got my other meter and it and all my coils read 5.6 to 6.0, just as I remember - all are good! So, I do not have an explanation of why that lower lost forward, other than maybe that splice in the shift cable...
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