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| jdogg |
 Jul 15 2004, 07:22 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 431 Joined: 28-January 03 From: Youngsville, NC Member No.: 204  |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Ok, I need some help. Patient:'74 2.0 Djet with Pertronix. Symptoms: Tach dancing intermittently; occasional skip in the motor, sometimes worse than others. Today the car drove alright with an occasional miss and the more occasional dancing tach, but tonight, I could barely accelerate beyond about 2500 without it skipping and missing. The tach dances are not always accompanied by a skip. I just changed the cap and rotor, but that does not seem to have helped any.
Where to look next? I would think the dancing tach might be a good clue..... Plug wires, plugs, pertronix, coil are all new within the last 18 months...... |
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| lapuwali |
Jul 15 2004, 08:22 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743  |
Twern't nothin...
I've had wobbly, bouncy tachs on a number of cars, and it's often a sign of failing points on cars so equipped. On a Pertronix setup, esp. a brand new one, loose wires at the coil are often a cause of this kind of thing. If you let it go, eventually the points give up, or the wire falls off the coil, and you stop. My best example of this was crossing the Mojave in the middle of the night in a FIAT, when the tach started to wave around wildly...ahem. Glad I could help. |
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jdogg Skippin' & Dancin' Jul 15 2004, 07:22 PM
lapuwali My bet is you have a loose wire at the coil. Jul 15 2004, 07:32 PM newdeal2 Hmmm..have you checked the fuel injection? Electr... Jul 15 2004, 07:37 PM jdogg James (Lapuwali)-
The next time you find yourself... Jul 15 2004, 08:02 PM jdogg Peter-
That was starting to be my concern, trigge... Jul 15 2004, 08:04 PM BenNC Whew!! Dodged a bullet there. Have fun i... Jul 15 2004, 08:28 PM john rogers You might want to try disconnecting the tach feede... Jul 15 2004, 09:26 PM
jdogg POW!!! A blast from the past!... Jul 15 2004, 09:48 PM |
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