Hello Spridgets,
Since long before LotO, I have considered my
car to be cold blooded. It missed a little at
low rpms when cold. After it warmed up the problem
would usually go away except for a stumble now and
then in 4th or 5th gear below 1800 rpms. At LotO,
Glen B. was kind enough to tweak the carbs. Minor
improvement, no cure.
By the end of last summer it started doing
when below 2500 rpms. A couple of weeks ago the
engine was all warmed up and it was STILL doing it
at almost anything under 4k rpms... ... I checked the
timing; off by a few degrees, no help tho. I
reset the valves. It sounded smoother but still missed. I
t always idled fine but under load the miss was there
and getting worse. New dizzy cap and rotor... hmmmmmm better.
A trip to Portland to see Paul A. and it ran just fine. hmmmm we
listened and checked but when i pulled out to go home the problem
was back below 2.5k rpm..... Well! A couple of days went by the my
new dizzy cap from ADVANCED DISTRIBUTORS with the BRASS contacts i
nstead of aluminum one came along with Jeff's premium rotors
. Swapped those in, and took a drive.... YIPPEEEEEEE! ... the
only time the car misses now is when it Roo00OOAAARS...
But it was probably that the #2 plug wire kept wanting to
fall out of the dizzy(s). I made sure to get it pushed
in all the way when i installed the new one(s). ..
Yeah, the problems are usually simple fixes, its just
what we have to go thru to finally FIND the problem.
--
Best regards,
Bill L. mailto:pythias@pacifier.com
'66 Sprite MKIII HAN8L49403 "the red thing"
"If the shoe fits, buy it." Imelda Marcos
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