Quote Originally Posted by Andy 2 View Post
Well as it turns out the timing was out, it was set to TDC. So we advanced it to 9 deg BTDC. We found a vacuum hose that was not connected. The plugs were over gapped so we set them to spec. The engine runs great. Something else we found was that the kick down linkage was not bolted in place on the manifold. The shop that installed the rebuilt motor forgot to reattach it. After correcting that I found that it all but refused to shift,which leads me to think that the mechanic, not realising that the linkage was off, adjusted the kick down screw to compensate. With the linkage at the loosest setting the gas pedal felt quite stiff and I couldn't get out of 2nd gear so I had to disconnect it again. The Haynes manual shows how to adjust the screw on the tranny so that's my next move.
Glad that you are getting it all worked out