When I pull the power steering hose off, I hear it. But not when I pull the vacuum advance line off. I hardly feel any vacuum at all…
I’ve been corresponding with Ed Eckerson. Ed asked if I was getting black smoke at idle – I am (unburnt gas). He asked me to check if I was dumping gas into the barrels at idle (which would indicate bad needle valves) – I wasn’t. There was the nagging fact, that I was getting “whoosh” from the manifold fitting for the power steering, but not for the vacuum advance…
He suggested I “try” a wrench on the manifold bolts, to test their tightness. D*mn! At least two are loose, maybe more. I remember that the guy who swapped Faulkner’s motor, told me he had to swap the intake manifolds (because of the carburetor? I forget). I guess he didn’t torque it to spec – that’s my next move, to torque it down and see if that doesn’t fix things. Stay tuned…