David -
These are all classic symptoms of not having enough oil in your
dashpot pistons. Keep them topped up with oil reguarly (20 WT).
Also, your engine is probably out of tune... possibly the mixture is
lean... this will contribute to your problem.
Easy check is to run the car with the choke on... if it accelerates
better when you do this... the dashpot oil is likely your problem.
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 7/6/05, davidwjones <davidwjones@cox.net> wrote:
> Hello Sports (Car) Fans,
> Kind of got into this a bit in the "4th of July" thread....
>
> '62 BT7 Tricarb. --Breaking down under load. Idles ok, and will run
> relatively well in the higher gears, though stumbles badly when the gas pedal
> is mashed. Stumbling is worst for some reason under (attempted) acceleration
> in 1st gear. Sometimes accompanied by a backfire through the carbs.
>
> Question: If I manually twist the rotor in the distributor, advancing it, it
> does not exactly "snap" back to the non advanced position. However, to my
> recollection, it never has, in many years of driving.. --Does this, and the
> symptoms warrant pulling the distributor and cleaning / lubricating the
> mechanical advance, and or replacing any internal springs?
>
> The car has : New cap, rotor, condenser, points, plug wires, coil, and plugs.
>
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