Excuse my ambiguity -- I advanced the timing by about 10 degrees.
Bud
David Hill wrote:
> Hi, Bud.
>
> Do you mean you retarded the ignition or advanced it. I'd like to know, just
> out of curiosity.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave H.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
> To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 10:42 PM
> Subject: Running hot + solution
>
> > The temperature gauge on my 77B has been running very close to the red
> when
> > cruising at highway speeds (65-ish) on moderate to warm days (80-ish). My
> first
> > attack was to replace the thermostat with a 180 degree one. No effect.
> Began
> > to feel certain that it was being caused by tweaking the HS-4's a bit
> leaner to
> > beat the fuel prices. Backed off a couple of flats. No help. Finally, I
> > remembered Lawrie's admonition that 90% of SU problems are spelled
> L-U-C-A-S.
> > And, he recently suggested timing to a lister with a similar problem.
> Checked
> > the timing -- sonuvagun. It needed a tweak of about 10 degrees in the
> advance
> > direction. That did it. Needle's back in the middle of the range. As
> they
> > say, YMMV, but it worked for me. Thanks Lawrie.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bud Krueger
> > http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
> > 52TD
> > 77MGB
> >
> >
> >
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Bud Krueger
http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
52TD
77MGB
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