Sun, 23 Jul 2000 "Victor Laury" <vlaury@earthlink.net> entertained
some questions wrt to tune..
_I_ wanted to thank Toby and Laurie for their replies.. I JUST
found out my #2 plug wire of less-than-a-year-old, is DOA (thank you
pep boyz).
Toby B <toby@wolfenet.com> added:
> I've had wires fail on me in the weirdest places at the oddest
>times. ..carry a spare...
NOW you tell me :) . Try last Saturday up Trail Ridge Road, 12,000 feet
altitude, running like crap, finally vaporlocking (dang, can't WAIT
to see what it runs like on FOUR cylinders!!).
>Personally, I've had decent luck with NAPA,...
Thanks, I've gotta run down there today!!
Laurie mentioned:
>*** One of the biggest problems w/ "bargain brand" points is the
>*springy arm*- many of these are just slapped together and don't
>open/close "squarely" ie: the points won't line up just right, and
>some tend to "drift", leaving you with a varying point gap. Some are
>so bad that they are impossible to set.
Absolutely (ask me how i know ;( )!! Stupid things seem to go out of
adjustment quickly -- constant battle keeping them there. I haven't
found anything better than Bosch so far. Stay away from Autozone and
Pep Boys points.
> 2a) What would you recommend and from what source?
>
>***** Someone else said it already - NAPA Echlin.
OOohhh 2 points for NAPA!!
Anyway, I've been fighting this battle for the last couple of weeks
(daily driver). Car started running a little pukier by the day. I was
SURE is was fuel -- replaced filter, PUMP, LINES, tweaked carbs, to no
avail. Finally (DOH!) I pulled the plug wires one at a time while idling.
#2 cylinder made no difference! (except the metal connector from the plug
wire remained plugged to the plug and not the wire!!). I borrowed a
wire from my '82 datsun pickup this AM, and FINALLY saw an improvement
(didn't 100% cure it, but those are probably original wires. Hey, Roadster
comes first!). Still missing a bit though, so I guess I'll replace cap,
rotor, points, and wires..
I want to find a really GOOD set of wires though. I guess I'll try NAPA's,
unless somebody can advise something better? (please post directly to me, as
I'm in digest mode, and won't get your post until tomorrow -- too late!).
thanks,
dan neff '69 2000
Colorado Springs, CO
www.ibarter.com/wycroc
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