Saving Granddad's Falcon

[Falcongek]

NIce!
Read your posts about saving the falcon a while ago. Nice to see you've got it running.
I've got a pertronix with a flame thrower coil as well.
I've got a pertronix 1 in the car.
I also had some troubles with idle and hesitations even though I had a pony carb that was supposed to eliminate the stumbles.
I tuned the car with a vacuum gauge, timing light (after I swapped my slipped old balancer for a new one!!!)and the screws on the carb.

Basically you ere aiming for as high a vacuum you can get and then try to dial in the idel as close to the factory setting with the idle speed screws.

It turned out my timing was way too retarded.

Good luck with the rear. I'd wish I could help you on that one, but My only experience with rebuilding my spare diff resulted in me having to swap in my original diff due to a broken refurbished diff (extensive oil leak past the input flange caused it tu run dry without me realising how severe it was).

Greetz Rinke