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> 73 2.0L Idle problem
cwpeden
post Dec 26 2012, 01:34 AM
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I'm trying to help a friend solve an idle problem. Idle is low to the point of stalling and backfiring.

Here's what we have tryied so far:

Grounds are good
Timing is good
Dwell is a litlle high
Vacuum hoses are good
Cyl head temp sensor good
Ballast resistor good
Points good
Cap good
rotor good

Been through two trobleshooting guides with no results.

Need help figuring out a peculiar problem. When I take the vac lines off the dist I get the the usual high revs but they dont go away when the lines are plugged. Could this be a symptom of a bad vac can on the dist?

Any thoughts
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cwpeden
post Jan 11 2013, 01:29 AM
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Finally had the chance to go to my friends place tonight to work on his car. Brought my good MPS and Dist. with me.

Tested his MPS and it was good, vacuum wise. Swapped mine in anyways and no change.

Swapped in my dist. with pertronix and started right up smooth idle at 1100 rpm and settled down abit.

I have his dist on my bench and now I get to learn about distributor rebuilding. Cant be that hard.....right?
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