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It sounds like you might be saying that it's not even worth the money to get the JHPS Stromberg rebuilds? Just get the rebuild kit and do it myself? All their claims about "high standards" and "high quality" ... is overhyped?
You have convinced me to stay with the Strombergs, in any case. I do live in the mountains and the engine is stock. So, thanks very much for saving me a bundle of money there, as well as the hassle of having to deal with more maintenance/adjustment issues.
I did take it to a "specialist" highly rated eurocar shop (the only place in Reno that works on such cars) and they wanted to charge me $1000 just to rebuild the carbs, which they said needed done, among a bunch of other stuff that brought the bill to over $6k. That was too much to stomach. So, I got the car towed back home to dig into it myself.
I'm going to get a compression tester and leak down tester. Maybe, if the leak is from the head gasket, the leak down test will reveal it. But, would it not be unusual/unlikely for a head gasket to be bad at 48K miles, or would that still be possible after 45 years of age? (Tom, yeah, I checked all those hoses and they all seemed tight. I'm going to replace them all anyway.)
What are your guys' thoughts about swapping out the distributor with a JHPS rebuilt with Pertronix pointless version? Or, are their claims overstated?
Ok. Thanks again for all your help.