Walt,
I'd check the distributor shaft bushings. If they are bad, the
distributor shaft wobbles around and causes the point gap to fluctuate,
giving you the "bouncing dwell" and misfiring. Going to an electronic
ignition will solve the dwell problem but the real fix is to have your
distributor re-bushed and refurbished.
I highly recommend:
Bob Sarama
136 Shingleoak Drive
Loveland, Ohio 45140
sarama@cinci.rr.com
Bob rebuilt one of my TR6 distributors and did an outstanding job at a
fair price.
NFI etc.,
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
CF38690UO
CF37325U
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Walt Philipson
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 6:16 PM
To: 6 Pack (E-mail)
Subject: miss firing
list,
I've just finished installing points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap, plug
wires. I also rebuilt the carbs, including new throttle shafts and
bushings. I now have a miss that comes and goes. Some times runs
smoothly, most times it has an intermittent miss at all conditions
(idle, steady cruise, acceleration).
I've got 120 psi compression across the board, and 20 inches of vacuum
at idle.
I've noticed that my dwell bounces a few degrees at idle.
What should my next step be? Could this be a bad condenser? points?
distributor?
TIA
please respond directly as I'm in digest mode.
Walt Philipson
waltp@anspach.com
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