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Re: help on a motor rebuild question

To: BARTERDUDE@aol.com
Subject: Re: help on a motor rebuild question
From: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 08:41:24 -0500 (CDT)
Check your valve lash. When heated up the valve clearance decreases. Try
pulling off one spark plug wire at a time to  see which cylinder is the
problem.

If you find that  wither the two front or two rears are affected, it is
probably a carb problem.

Good  luck.

Peace,
Pat

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On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 BARTERDUDE@aol.com wrote:

> Just put together a 1600 motor with domed pistons and when it first starts,
> it runs smooth and great, but when it warms up it acts like one cylinder is
> dead.  Any ideas on what to check or adjust would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Gary Lasater - Parker CO
> 303 840 7172 ext 1
> founding member of <A HREF="www.WYCROC.org">www.WYCROC.org</A>
> [Unable to display image]
> 1963 SPL310-00289B (single carb earliest one of the group)
> 1969 SRL311-12536 (licensed as a '70)
> 1970 SPL311-28169 (one of the last of the group)

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