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| weird_looking_cactus |
 Mar 17 2004, 05:14 PM
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Cactus  Group: Members Posts: 225 Joined: 16-February 04 From: St, George UT Member No.: 1,660  |
Well I had my car running pretty good on 2 pistions it would idle good and when I pressed on the gas it go up just slow. Then I decied to fix the other 2 pistions now its running on all four (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif). But I really mess around with the distrubutor by turning the whole thing and the distrubutor moves really easy now and I can't seem to get it into that sweet spot again so it will stay at a idle. I can get it to start up but then it just dies or will stay at a idle super low idle for about 10 seconds. So how do I make the distributor tight and how do I find the right spot for it to stay running. Thanks
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| lapuwali |
Mar 17 2004, 05:32 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743  |
First, it's a matter of about 10 crank degrees for the idle sweet spot, which is only 5 distributor degrees. Very little distributor rotation is required to move it out of that range. As for getting it spot on, you need to get a timing light and start using the marks on the fan. The full procedure is detailed in a number of places, including the Pelican Parts tech articles. If you're still running points, you also need to set the points gap (aka setting dwell), and make sure the points are in good shape.
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weird_looking_cactus Distributor help Mar 17 2004, 05:14 PM
Dave_Darling To start with, you set the "static timing".
Crank... Mar 17 2004, 05:53 PM weird_looking_cactus I can't seem to get a spark to come out of the... Mar 18 2004, 12:08 PM lapuwali First, if you don't have one, buy a Haynes man... Mar 18 2004, 01:06 PM weird_looking_cactus I have new points and new condenser. Im now Im get... Mar 18 2004, 01:19 PM Qarl Cactus dude...
You're making a lot of progres... Mar 18 2004, 01:36 PM weird_looking_cactus Well I just got the car started again :trophy: vi... Mar 18 2004, 02:04 PM Dave_Darling If it will stay going if you put gas into the inta... Mar 18 2004, 03:22 PM
cgnj Got a timing light? Got a friend who's dad has... Mar 18 2004, 08:04 PM |
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