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Re: Still No Joy

To: "Larry G. Miller" <millerls@classic.msn.com>, spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Still No Joy
From: "Roger Garnett" <rwg1@cornell.edu>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 19:56:03 -500
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Reply-to: "Roger Garnett" <rwg1@cornell.edu>
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On 29 Nov 97 at 22:00, Larry G. Miller wrote:

> When driving at a steady RPM (any speed in 4th gear) the car will run fine 
>for 
> a few minutes and then start to miss.  I can simulate this miss by pulling 
>the 
> choke all of the way out.  When it starts missing I can press the clutch in 
> and let the engine go to idle and it stops missing and will run fine for a 
>few 
> minutes and then do it again. With the accelerator wide open it never does 
>it. 
> I held it on the floor for about 5 miles on the freeway (actually passed a 
>few 
> cars) and it ran fine the whole time. A couple of minutes after I backed off 
> it started to miss, mashed the clutch, let it go to idle, and it stopped.

So, it does it under load, at high vacuum, but not with throttle open, (low 
vacuum) or no load. 

Have you run a compression test? How are the valve guides? Timing? 

rg


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