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| Ian Stott |
 Oct 6 2011, 05:09 PM
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As the title says (the idle is around 950/1000) but it doesn't drop down to that very fast, it is almost like driving a vehicle with a sticky throttle. I have just installed a new (rebuilt by Jeff Bowlsby) relay board and cleaned up my grounds and cleaned the engine compartment. Any ideas what is going on?
Ian Stott Moncton Canada |
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| r_towle |
Oct 7 2011, 10:53 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,705 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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The problem occurs when the old grease (40 year old grease at least) gets hot and becomes very sticky.
Its a 20 minute fix. Remove the advance plates, take out the little ball bearing and clean everything with your favorite cleaner. add new wheel bearing grease. Put it back in and set the dwell and timing. Not super hard to do...and it very cheap to do. I would not even waste the time testing...just do it if you have never done it...its part of the long term maintenance. If you really want to test it...try flicking the rotor back and forth to simulate advance, but do it while the distributor is really hot....right after a long drive on the highway.. It should SNAP back to no advance...if not, its dirty. Rich |
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As the title says (the idle is around 950/1000) b... Oct 7 2011, 12:17 AM Dave_Darling Some things that come to mind as possible causes:
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