Ron Fraser's comments about the importance of curving your distributor is
very significant - so much so that I made a 112 minute DVD on how to do it.
One of my friend's '66 Mustang dropped one second in a quarter mile after I
recurved his distributor, so it is very important. I know that a lot of guys
know a lot about their engines, but not how to curve their distributors to
get the best performance. Some of you may have seen my ad in the Roots
Review last month.
Jerry Christopherson
(JCMC2006@suddenlink.net)
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Fraser [mailto:rfraser@bluefrog.com]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 10:11 AM
To: 'Richard Bruner'; 'Jerry'; 'Tigers@Autox. Team. Net'
Subject: RE: [Tigers] Electrical Gremlins
Richard
I'm not sure exactly what your stumbling problem is but you should
check the distributor to see what the advance curve is doing. I worked on
a 65 Mustang a couple years ago that was stumbling and just plain ran like
crap. I played with the carb for most of a day with absolutely no results
other than frustrating me to no end. It was the distributor advance that
was hanging up; not advancing correctly and not returning to base timing
every time. After I fixed the distributor the engine ran strong, real
strong; now it was very obvious the carb needed a rebuild.
I found an article sometime later the emphasized the fact that
anytime an engine is running poorly and you think it needs a carb rebuild;
the first thing to check is the distributor advance curve then work the
carb.
Ron Fraser
-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces+rfraser=bluefrog.biz@autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces+rfraser=bluefrog.biz@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Richard Bruner
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 6:06 PM
To: Jerry; 'Tigers@Autox. Team. Net'
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Electrical Gremlins
The brake/parking light problem was traced to the bulb holders being covered
with spooge and not grounding to the housings. This was resolved and that
problem went away.
The panel light problem was traced to a bad panel light switch...power was
going in but not coming out. I ran a jumper wire over to the light switch
and the panel lights now come on along with the parking/headlights.
All of the grounds were checked and cleaned, but the stumbling problem
persists. The fuel filter was replaced within the last 200 miles, so I
believe it may be time for a carburetor kit.
Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions!
Richard
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