need help with a few issues

[meathead333]

a couple minor issues have came up with my EB and like some ideas of what maybe wrong.

#1
i hear a hissing sound when i drive coming from behind the dash/engine compartment. i can here it also when i open the hood. it didnt use to be there. i havent done anything to my EB recently, so i dont think i did it by accident.

#2
about 1 month ago i replaced my wires, plugs, cap, belts, hoses and my father in law setup my timing. it was running real smooth, then, the past 3 weeks or so, when i start it up for the first time each day, it putters and will die if i dont rev the engine and give it gas for about 5 or 6 seconds. then it is fine. the only reason this worries me a bit is because it never did this before.

#3
another thing that has been happening is when i start it up and put it in rev for the first time to back up, i shift, then like 2 seconds later it finally goes into gear. then it is fine for the rest of the day.


obviously its getting cooler outside, so i dont know if starting the enigine cold is the issue. i just know that it wasnt doing this before i got out here to VA. any help would be great. trhanks.

 

[RolledItAgain]

If you have an automatic I would check/replace the vacuum line that feeds the trans. This could account for the hiss and the delayed shift.

 

[oh2bnok]

Check all your vacuum lines. THe ones that go to the carb, vacuum advance, everything. Sounds like one disconnected or has a crack in it.

 

[jbeyer]

check that big hose to the pvc valve, if you still have it. the one that goes from the back of the carb spacer to the valve.

 

[meathead333]

thanks guys, ill check it out tomarrow on my day off. ;D