Where's Barney?
Misses under acceleration. With load or with no load? When cold or
just when hot?
What do you mean it will not crank for an hour after shut down -
starter won't turn? That's another ball game. If it is turning,
possibly vapor lock is setting in.
Anyways, you didn't mention replacing the condenser, distributor
cap or doing valve clearances or compression check. Presume you
did a carb rebuild exactly to shop manual specs. Like George said
check vac leaks and fuel delivery. I have found the latter to be a
common culprit. Also, more than enough times I have seen a new bad
plug. Test them plugs one by one, don't assume anything.
Then there's all that emission stuff. Yikes.
Mike L (accepts beer via Fedex)
60A,67E,59Bug
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Bass <gregbass@atlantadental.com>
To: <MGS@autox.team.net>
Sent: May 16, 2001 10:25 AM
Subject: Help needed !!! Please! FREE BEER!
> Hello again.
> Well my problems continue (and I think most are self inflicted).
To rehash,
> I have a '78 B that continues to run rough. It started with a
fluxuating
> idle and some sight missing when at speed (ok, ok... speed may
not be the
> relative term in a B :-). Then it progressed to a point where it
would not
> crank for a hour or so after shut down. I have changes the coil,
the plugs,
> the pug wires, reset the points (yep it is not an electronic
dist) rebuilt
> the carb, reset the choke and the idle speed, verified and reset
the timing
> to 10 degrees BTDC, reconnected the crank vent tube to the carb,
reconnected
> the vac advance to the dist (both of which the PO had removed.
Why?), tried
> to set the fuel/air mix without an analyzer, but I don't think I
have that
> even close. Now it running rougher than ever. It idles just fine
but misses
> a lot when under acceleration.
>
> I am truly getting a bit frustrated and I'm on the verge of
taking it to a
> shop (none of which are real close) and telling them to make the
> adjustments, but it money I don't want to spend and I get no
experience and
> knowledge doing it that way.
>
> So, anyone have any advice? Or is anyone in the North Atlanta
area and
> willing to lend me a few hours of their time to show me what I
am doing
> wrong.
> I'll furnish the beer if you can help!!!
>
> I can figure out complicated computer network problems and
develop state of
> the art web sites, but with my LBC I am a humbled, no skilled,
amateur it
> seems.
>
> Greg Bass
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