Bucking - My Story, You look everwhere and then - it can be SO simple Options

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Mr. Towle, who passed suddenly about a year ago, would quietly PM me and say: its Dwell.

I would argue with him that it took me over 20 trys but I finally got the dwell to 46deg. whew.

he would counter - it is not that hard...something is wrong......and I would look in other places, make adjustments and then the car would still buck.....not as bad but it did buck.

...and Towle would say - check the dwell.

I had rebuilt the distributor, had trouble with points (some are made a tiny bit different) and thought I had it all together,,,,,,but it would still buck.

Towle would say........its Dwell.....

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Side Note, I went to his house in Northern MA, 1000 projects in flight, HUGE dairy barn full of cars, boats cars and parts....so many parts.

I left his house one day and the car would not start after stopping for gas. I called Rich (Towle) and he hung up, drove to the service station and arrived with a handful of tools and a huge smile on his face, He was that guy.
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So after Rich telling me dwell I decided to start at zero - I bought a rebuilt distributor and set the points - first time the dwell came in right at 46, wow!

I timed and drove the car.......bucking is gone!

When its Bucking, listen to your inner Towle,

ITS THE DWELL

You can always wimp out and go 123...........grin (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)