sbb 350 help

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  1. Wade67LeSABRE

    Wade67LeSABRE Well-Known Member

    I Have A SBB 350 1972/73 That Has Started To Stumble From A Stop When Trying To Punch it And Now I Have lost Compression And I Get A back fire I Have Tried Cleaning The Carb. Tried Redoing The Vacuum It Stumbles So bad And It Just Wont Hardly Move It Drives Me Nuts I Cant Even Drive It AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
     
    Wade67LeSABRE, Jun 19, 2005
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  2. jlv58

    jlv58 Well-Known Member

    When you say you have lost compression, you mean you have measured it (each cylinder) and compared to what you had before ?
     
    jlv58, Jun 20, 2005
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  3. Wade67LeSABRE

    Wade67LeSABRE Well-Known Member

    350 help

    I Have Very little Compression Over All When I Punch The Motor It Feels Like It Has Very Little Compression Before It Would Roast The Tires now It Barely Wants To Move IT Stumbles And Backfires It Just Feels like It Has No Compression :confused:
     
    Wade67LeSABRE, Jun 20, 2005
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  4. Floydsbuick

    Floydsbuick Well-Known Member

    Pull the valve covers and see if you broke a nylon rocker arm retainer.
     
    Floydsbuick, Jun 20, 2005
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  5. Wade67LeSABRE

    Wade67LeSABRE Well-Known Member

    350 help

    Will Try Ty :3gears:
     
    Wade67LeSABRE, Jun 20, 2005
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  6. meanmotor74

    meanmotor74 mmm.....pineapple

    why not try and swap a 340 in it? :laugh: may be you have one laying around :3gears: Anywho hows the LeSabre you bought from me running?

    Patrick
     
    meanmotor74, Jun 23, 2005
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  7. Wade67LeSABRE

    Wade67LeSABRE Well-Known Member

    350 help

    its not too bad needs exhaust gaskets that i ordered and valve gaskets that i ordered but i will probabley switch them out but still would like to have the 350 running right i do like the 340 with the switch pitch tranny though
    :3gears:
     
    Wade67LeSABRE, Jun 23, 2005
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