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> Still Bucking, A little less but still noticable
ctc911ctc
post Aug 6 2026, 11:01 AM
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70, 914-6 All stock, original carbs

All Teeners,

In my last Buccee post i took the car for a drive and the carbs were not right though I did balance them using the Least Lean method.

I will leave out that when I dropped the linkage to the carbs that the throttle cable got wrapped around the clutch assembly and what happened next (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

I have been driving the car for the past few days and then I remembered Richard Towles voice telling me it is always dwell, start with the Dwell Grasshopper.

So i went to set the dwell FORGETTING that the Ignition BOX makes dwell angle less relevant (time to charge,etc). BUT, i set it anyway!

Dwell in a 914-6 is done with the Distro OUT of the car
Where is the darn collar bolt located, grrr
Is it an 8 or a 10......sigh its a 10, of course I went in with an 8
pull, Pull, PULL........10 minutes later.......pull, Pull, PULL and POP
Dang, hitting my knuckles when the distro released was painful
Distro on bench, reset (was a tiny bit tight) the gap
Distro back into the car
Where is that hole...........common question from me...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
Put the distro back in PUSH, PUSH, ah in......pointing at the wrong angle
Remove distro again - PULLING FOR 10 min.......dang got the other knuckle.
Put the distro back in- angle is good, comutator pointing right at the fan housing...ahh
RATS, did not set TDC prior to removing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
Removed the distro again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
Set car in 5th
Rock forward, never reverse
ah, there it is TDC is white, 35deg is RED (one smart thing I did when Mark sold me the Flywheel - THANK MARK!)
Get the distro into the hole - easier to find with practice (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
get timing light ready
start the car
grind...grind...grind...nothing
Check Electrics
Is the power on the points - yes
Does the ignition box create spark -
pull plug
rock the advance spring - SPARK
Great
Check a dozen things - LIGHT APPEARS OVER MY MARBLE HEAD
180degrees out of phase (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
OK reset TDC,
commutator pointing 180@ out of phase - THE REAL TDC has arrived
PULLLLLLLLLLL out the distro (time 5 and counting)
Rotate
Put back in
set the distro assembly pointed to the fan
Start the car
VrrrRoom! first try.

If you are still here, I was trying to get rid of the bucking when this all began.

Still bucks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)

QUESTION: I will retune the carbs (Stock everything on the carbs) but would you focus on other electric things - wires (new from Pelican), distro is rebuilt (there is a post about it) all new components on distro.

OR

For correct advance testing the 6000RPM advance must be at 35deg....if you adjust this are we not changing the idle advance too? Might the springs be wrong for the timing to be correct at 3000 RPM - bucking is at 2K, 3k and 4k when there is no load either positive or negative.

THANKS in Advance! 35degrees!
CTC
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