I am some how getting water in the tank after it rains and thus it runs like crap the next day. I got looking at the filler door for the tank, and I don't see any weather stripping/gasket around the door so there is nothing to stop the water from flooding the inside of that area and tricking in through the gas cap (or I just could have a small hole or two on top of the tank. Never pulled the tank out so I don't know what kind of shape it's in. I just know it doesn't leak gas) It looks like there should be something on the door. I've googled several different way to see if there is suppose to be something around the door but nothing came up. Does anyone know is there some weather stripping on or around the door? Also, When the car is all warmed up, the starter has a hard time cranking over, it's slow and sluggish. I'm thinking it's the starter but when the car is cold, like when it sat around overnight she starts right up with no problems. I'm going to replace both cables off of the battery, the negative one is beat up some and throw in a new starter and see how that does. Just curious if anyone else has this problem.
Starter first: it's just plain old. If I had to guess, one of the windings has a break in the wire, and as soon as it's hot, that break opens, making the starter turn more slowly. Until the PMGR starters came along in the Nineties, all starters have that chance of a problem in that way. If you can't just find a replacement, you'll have to have that one rebuilt. Gas tank: I think you need to drop the tank and take it to a shop that can inspect and repair the tank and filler pipe. Given how it's built, it seems there's a stream of water that has rusted its way into the tank. Until you can do so, I'd suggest using a good-quality car cover to keep the water from running down the body.
Another thing to check is how many degrees of slop you have in the timing chain. If it's the original one, that could be causing your problem as well.
