Anyone in Michigan with OB CIS knowledge?

I never would've come up with that flywheel consideration...even if it was off-base given the application!
If he set up or maintains those throttle bodies, then you're on to somebody with depth of knowledge. Hopefully he'll be up for banking some good karma and give you a hand gratis.
Sorry to hear of the flywheel trevails. I'm looking forward to hearing the outcome here, wish I'd been able to be more help thus far!

smtcapecod;8184 wrote: I never would've come up with that flywheel consideration...even if it was off-base given the application!
If he set up or maintains those throttle bodies, then you're on to somebody with depth of knowledge. Hopefully he'll be up for banking some good karma and give you a hand gratis.
Sorry to hear of the flywheel trevails. I'm looking forward to hearing the outcome here, wish I'd been able to be more help thus far!

Appreciate the help from everyone, we'll see where it goes from here...

Just had a thought... if the flywheel ring gear is as trashed as it is with at least 2 sections missing at least 6-8 teeth, if the engine will turn over but not fire, ie, fuel or vacuum problems, the starter would hit the sections while cranking. Could that in turn make my infamous "noise", or possibly offset the balance of the flywheel? I'll see if I can pry away some parts from the guy near me...he has a complete flywheel for an early AT car... both cars at his place are 5 spd cars.

Thanks again,
Josh

I HAVE A NEW FLYWHEEL!!!!! Should I use the entire thing, or just the ring gear? I also took my starter out, tore down and rebuilt, cleaned and some fresh paint for looks. Parts gratis are always great. The guy near me had it, both the cars at his place are 5 spd...nephew's car is an 80 euro, non S...guessing it then should be almost exactly like my car.

Thanks,
Josh

he_mech_usmc;8237 wrote: I HAVE A NEW FLYWHEEL!!!!! Should I use the entire thing, or just the ring gear? I also took my starter out, tore down and rebuilt, cleaned and some fresh paint for looks. Parts gratis are always great. The guy near me had it, both the cars at his place are 5 spd...nephew's car is an 80 euro, non S...guessing it then should be almost exactly like my car.

Thanks,
Josh

Use the entire flywheel.
You really need a camera so that you can privlage us with some pictures once in a while

Pictures to come in a bit...I need to figure out how to "dumbdown" my pictures...everytime I try to get one uploaded it tells me that they are too big.

Thanks,
Josh

he_mech_usmc;8239 wrote: Pictures to come in a bit...I need to figure out how to "dumbdown" my pictures...everytime I try to get one uploaded it tells me that they are too big.

Thanks,
Josh

Yes, cameras take very large photos, and 'net users are notoriously impatient, so you want them to be concise. I suspect we will have mobile device users on here soon, if not already, that will be a bandwidth trial as well.