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<blockquote data-quote="wgrr" data-source="post: 250513" data-attributes="member: 7472"><p>Hello</p><p>I am a new owner of a bright red 1974 C3 with the stock 350 195hp which is the original motor. </p><p>I am afraid to admit I got taken and on this gem, bought it certified from a dealer and have not been able to drive it for all its problems, and the dealer I bought it from doesn't want to talk to me about it. I bought it, I own it ,suck it up. </p><p>I have restored lots of British cars over the years but have always wanted a C3 and found this one with everything stock except the headers, so the day I brought it home, I found gas coming out of a cross threaded fuel line going into the Rochester QJ carb. Seems it was fine on the short test drive I did but the hour long drive home it let go to the point I could turn the filter bolt by hand. After all the years of putting a steel bolt into an aluminum carb body there is no meat remaining to work with. Found a used carb and hopefully will be able to rebuild this one. </p><p>I am the type that if its on the car it should work. So the dash is all apart right now trying to get the temp and oil pressure gauge working. The temp only comes up to the 100 mark and no higher and I have replaced the sender on the block. If I unplug it, it will drop to the far left. but no higher than 100 when plugged back in. Th oil pressure goes to 80 and pretty much stays there with anything more than idle, it will occasionally go to 40 while idle. </p><p>My question is can the gauges go bad and only work sort of ? I see they are getting power and a signal just not what I would think to be accurate.</p><p>I have already bought the factory assembly drawings and the haynes manual. Do I need to replace the gauges? Fuel, voltage and clock work fine. </p><p>If I can solve these little bugger issues I plan on investigating the non working AC.</p><p>Thanks in advance for any light you can shed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wgrr, post: 250513, member: 7472"] Hello I am a new owner of a bright red 1974 C3 with the stock 350 195hp which is the original motor. I am afraid to admit I got taken and on this gem, bought it certified from a dealer and have not been able to drive it for all its problems, and the dealer I bought it from doesn't want to talk to me about it. I bought it, I own it ,suck it up. I have restored lots of British cars over the years but have always wanted a C3 and found this one with everything stock except the headers, so the day I brought it home, I found gas coming out of a cross threaded fuel line going into the Rochester QJ carb. Seems it was fine on the short test drive I did but the hour long drive home it let go to the point I could turn the filter bolt by hand. After all the years of putting a steel bolt into an aluminum carb body there is no meat remaining to work with. Found a used carb and hopefully will be able to rebuild this one. I am the type that if its on the car it should work. So the dash is all apart right now trying to get the temp and oil pressure gauge working. The temp only comes up to the 100 mark and no higher and I have replaced the sender on the block. If I unplug it, it will drop to the far left. but no higher than 100 when plugged back in. Th oil pressure goes to 80 and pretty much stays there with anything more than idle, it will occasionally go to 40 while idle. My question is can the gauges go bad and only work sort of ? I see they are getting power and a signal just not what I would think to be accurate. I have already bought the factory assembly drawings and the haynes manual. Do I need to replace the gauges? Fuel, voltage and clock work fine. If I can solve these little bugger issues I plan on investigating the non working AC. Thanks in advance for any light you can shed [/QUOTE]
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