[cwcarpenter98]

I made some discoveries over the past week.

I was missing the ground strap from the HEI coil to the center terminal of the 3 wire plug in the cap. In trying to figure out what was causing the problem, I proceeded to strip a couple holes out in the cap where the coil mounts. That allowed part of the secondary winding of the coil to not be attached properly, and that fried the module. I decided to replace the cap, rotor, ignition module and coil, but that still didn't fix the bogging issue.

I should've started with the fuel pump since it had not been replaced under my ownership. I got the correct pump for a v8 this morning, but found out that the previous owner kept the inline 6 fuel pump when he swapped it over to a 283. The fittings are different between the two and an inline 6 pump was $92 compared to the v8 pump of $30 (both Delphi pumps). I was able to find the correct adapter and fitting to work with my 3/8 hoses and lines but 1/8 fnpts on the pump. Got it all back together, though I had it tight, but once it's tight, tighten it some more so it won't leak. On the test drive, I couldn't get the issue to happen again, so I'm fairly certain that was the fix.

I also got the reverse lights off the bed I picked up to install on the trailer bed. That looks much better now. I also washed the truck and trailer this evening in preparation for the swap meet in the morning. Oh yeah, I definitely have to bring the trailer along for the fun of it