>===== Original Message From "Edward Woods" <fogbro1@attbi.com> =====
>Over the past several years, I've tried my entire bag of tricks to get this
>car's engine to idle as smoothly as my MGTF.
>
>On the road, it performs O.K., although it wants to stall when making
(sudden)
>stops. Restarts easily. Vibrates at idle enough to shake the body and make
>embarrassing noises, squeaks and rattles at intersections.
>
>My new engine project is stalled. Any ideas on what to do to improve the
>present engine's behavior in the mean time? Is the stalling when stopping a
>clue??
>
Ed,
Thre are probably many factors... but I find that the gap of the points is
critical for a good smooth idle. The points with a plastic shoe tend to wear
quickly. As the gap closes up a little the engine may be strong and smooth at
normal higher RPMs but will stumble and eventually stall if the point gap has
gotten just a little smaller.
I readjust this setting once in the spring and then again in late summer.
Points use to last for 10,00 miles back in the 60s... from my memory.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L(O) - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
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