quote:take Your Cat to a TRAINED Mechanic Who Does
Get references though, I took mine to a guy who works on many of the classic Mustangs in my area, it cost me a small fortune for little more than a tune-up and the problems I had were only partially solved. It was only when working with some fellow owners that we resolved the worst of the bugs, then me fiddling about changing some parts on the carb and tuning it a bit myself - Kudos to Marlin, his comments to me were on the money for a key source of the problems I was experiencing (no I'm not a mechanic, you as a science teacher most likely have more technical skills than I do). I used to be afraid of carbs, but watched 2 being rebuilt and went home tore into it and she's running better than ever ... I'm almost feeling brave enough to try a leak-down test on my engine this winter - just gotta find a YouTube video to reinforce my understanding of what I've read :-)
Don't despair, talk to a few guys locally - here's a link to the PI regional reps, call someone close to you (Steve in Maryland perhaps) and see if they can point you to someone in the Philly area who either knows engines, or if it comes down to the problem needing more skill than can be mustered locally, they may be able to recommend a reliable shop (I'd still suggest a call to Jon Haas at Pantera Electronics, he's the closest guy to you I can think of, but he likely knows of people closer). http://www.panteracars.com/regrep.html
Or the Eastern Panteras Association:
http://www.easternpantera.com/members.htm
Finally, here's the worst fowled plug I've come across (not mine), the guy running this was shearing distributor pins like there was no tomorrow, but man could his car fly - The shot is here to show you what a tapered plug looks like (just remember what Marlin says about the type of heads and whether tapered plugs are right for you or not).
