OK I must wage a minor protest here... It was said that this was an
electrical problem.. Even though I had thought of the distributor being
lose, (as was the case once in my Imp), I dismissed it, because it wasn't
electrical.. a rotating distributor is a mechanical issue (lose clamping
bolt).. I feel cheated... but it was fun anyway... glad it's fixed...and
I should have just gone with my first impression of the problem.. What is
it they say about first impressions? The faster you fall the deeper they
are...
Rich... Sunbeam-less in Seattle..
>
> The bolt holding the distributor was not as tight as it should have
> been, when I changed the initial advance one month ago.
>
> I put a timing light on the car, and the car has been degreed, and could
> not believe my eyes, when it said 38 degrees. What was I seeing.
>
> I checked that I was hooked to the #1 plug, and tried to move the
> distributor, and sure enough, it moved.
>
> I backed it off to 12 degrees, and everybody was happy again.
>
> As the engine speed increased, with the initial timing at 38 plus the
> advance under light load, plus the mechanical, which was 24 degrees, the
> timing was out of sight.
>
> The engine did act like a rev limiter, and it did get worse the longer I
> worked on it, as it moved further out.
>
> The lessons learned, and responses to the problem by the list, showed
> throughful, considered evaluation, and like me, who looked at 95% of the
> suggestions, you must remember the basics, and check them as well.
>
> The timing was a last check. Just replacing parts, distr. module $84,
> Coil $80, elec. fuel pump $79, wires $55, and so on was not the solution
> to the problem. It was also not an option that I liked.
>
> I wanted to figure it out.
>
> For me it has been fun, and informative to see the responses. Good Job
> Guys.
>
> Well, who figured it out? Tom Hall, Chris Thompson, and Phil Hulse.
> Way to go guys.
>
> Who was the winner?
>
> We were, as We shared a problem, and We taught each other and We learned.
>
> Can't get any better than that.
>
> Larry
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