IamNemo

My friend asked me today if I could do a tune-up on his car. He drives an old Ford Grenada ( T-A-N-K ). I was wondering what exactly I should replace/check. I figured I'd replace the plugs, wires, dist cap & rotor, and check all the fluids?

SmutWanter

Air and fuel filters too if needed

Bl@ck

that's prett much it... also grease up bearings and such

JimBlake

That's old enough, it might have a carburator. That would be part of a proper tune-up, but you'll want a manual for that.

Measure spark timing, look around for an emmissions sticker under the hood for the timing spec & sparkplug type & gap. Maybe it's old enough to have points in the distributor???

IamNemo

Wow.....I didn't even think about that. You have a good point! I've never really dealt with carbureators or points before.

JimBlake

If you can find an emmissions compliance sticker under the hood, what does it say?? For example...
Idle speed = ???rpm
Idle mixture; adjust to achieve XX% CO in the exhaust.

Spark timing:
maybe it'll tell you to disconnect some hose, plug some hose or whatever...

You used to be able to buy carb rebuilt kits with gaskets, seals, jets, & accelerator pump plunger. That is... IF it acts bad. Probably you can clean the outside linkages with spray carb cleaner. But you'll want a manual before you screw with the mixture adjustments.

Ignition points... those were fun. You have to use a dwell-angle meter.