I am trying to drop the engine out of my 80 245 with a B230? into my 78 242 that has a blown engine...

It's at the shop and they cant figure out why it wont work. So far they switched over everything complete, and it wouldnt work. Then they put the old head on the new engine. I'm only getting gas in 2 cyl. The fuel distribution box is messed up or something.

1) is there any way to install the fuel distribution box from the 80 into it?

2) I have a dual carb intake from an older model car. Can I just throw on the intake and a couple of webbers and make this thing run?

3) Does anyone have any webbers?

4) and advise or help would be greatly appreciated.

Michael

Shouldn't be any issues with this. They're both B21's and I thought everything through 1981 was the same version of K-Jet injection. The boxes ought to be compatible, if not identical. Possibly dirt in the fuel distributor or even in the injectors? They can swap the injectors and see if the results are the same.
ALso, could have a bad (ignition) distributor - I don't know off hand if those two years have the same distributor or not but at the least, inspect that little wiring harness coming from it. Is the coil giving steady sparks as the engine turns? And did they time it correctly when they changed the timing belt? Can they or you verify the timing marks?



Good luck!
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: '87 244DL/M47- 230K, 88 744GLE- 220K, 82 245T-181K Also responsible for the care and feeding of: 88 745GLE, 231K, 87 244DL, 239K, 94 855GLT 189K