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JOE M |
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I know I am going to get beat up hard for this one but here goes. I have been trying to tune my carbs for a while now but have had no luck. I got the car to idle great ( I followed Rich`s advice by taking the linkage off and tuning each side individually. I got all 4 cylinders reading the same with the snail. I reved the engine a little and it started to pop through the cylinder #2. I let it idle for a while and pulled cylinder #2 wire and the engine continued to run the same. I pulled the wire for cylinder #4 and it still ran the same. I than pulled #1 and it almost stalled and the same was true for #3. I was puzzled that it would run so good on 2 cylinders. I turned the engine off and started it with cylinder #2 and # 4 off. It started up and idled fine. I verified the plugs were good by swapping them in the cylinders that were good and I swaped the wires as well. If my timing was way off could this cause this or is more an issue with the cap and rotor? I am so close but this is killing me because I cant tune it if it is not running on all 4 cylinders. Any ideas what is going on?
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Swap the carbs from one side to the other.
See if the issue follows the carbs...I bet it does. If so, take them both off and bring them to me. I will show you how to get them both running the same. Also, check your valve adjustments. Rich |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 21-August 07 From: Reston, VA Member No.: 8,023 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() |
Swap the carbs from one side to the other. See if the issue follows the carbs...I bet it does. If so, take them both off and bring them to me. I will show you how to get them both running the same. Also, check your valve adjustments. Rich Good suggestion - You can also test this by verifying you have spark on these plugs and if so. Use a medicine dropper and drop some gas in the cylinders that dont work. Put everything back toegther. If the carb is the problem, they will fire a couple of times with gas in there and then stop after it's burned off. This method isn't as reliable troubleshooting as what Rich said but it might be easier than switching two carbs connected to a linkage. I've also sprayed wd-40 in the plug hole when I didn't have a dropper but don't tell anyone becasue I'm sure I'll get yelled at. |
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