Getting 308 back into service - Did I miss anything?

Window accelerators are likely unnecessary. Other than problems with the length of the cable after the recent service I performed, the window movement was more than acceptable after cleaning and re-lubricating the gearbox with lightweight white lithium grease.

Have you replaced the fuel filters? What about draining and cleaning the fuel tanks?

 

You didn't mention any ignition work, such as changing points, condensers, spark plugs, wires, caps and rotors. However, if it started right up and runs well, you may not want to mess with success. Or as we say around here: "don't fix it 'til it's broke".

I'd at least put a timing light on it and check that the timing is set correctly, and that both distributors are advancing as they should. I found mine were not advancing in synch which required a cleaning and lubrication of the advance weights. Even then I went to a single distributor Pertronix set up, which was a nice improvement.

Sounds good what you've done. Jeff

 

But there is something really important you forget to do...where the heck are the pictures of your car?

 

Tires will be rather hard : no grip in the dry and lethal in the wet

 

I"ll leave it to you to judge the condition of the fuel lines on the car relative to replacing them, but don't forget the fuel filler!
It's hidden, so it often doesn't get replaced. It's often blamed for 308 fires.

 

Do the tanks have gas in them? If so, and the gas has been sitting for 10 years, get rid of it. And flush out the tanks if you can. Ten year old gas has to be like varnish by now. Also, you may want to pull the air filter and clean the carbs. If there was fuel left in the bowls, the floats could well be stuck and the jets clogged as well. If it were my car, I would not try to start it or even energize the fuel pump without first getting rid of the old gas.

 

p.s. Saw that you started it and it ran okay. Duh. I'd still get rid of the gas if it's more than a year old. Otherwise, you're risking clogging up the works. YMMV, but my experience with cars than have sat with old gas has not been good.

 

I went through this last year. Very good chance the fuel sender is rotted. It'll just drop rust right into your fuel tank. To play it safe you should remove them and flush them before you really start driving it.

 

+1 - "don't fix it 'til it's broke".

 

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put in fresh gas and techron and drive drive drive ! Several hundred miles of an italian tune up would be my first repair.