Hey Glen,
This is kinda like what was happening with my 1275! I'll try
advancing the timing a tad and see what happens. In my case, part of
it was a bad radiator which is now fixed...
Cheers!!
Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
On 8/14/06, Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> Since I had put the mild 1275 into the Austin, it hadn't really acted like
> what I expected to be. It tended to get pretty hot when run on the freeway
> and at red lights. It over-ran and occasionally misfired.
>
> Friday I jacked the timing waaay over toward what should have been too
> advanced according to the timing marks. Well now it runs cool, mileage is way
> up, power is way up, no misfires and no over-run. Looks like the pained notch
> timing mark on the harmonic balancer was meant to line up with some other
> pointer on some other timing cover. Miracle cure! Now that its too late, the
> Austin is finally ready to drive down to BusterCluster. Oh well, all that
> beer would have been a tight fit in the Austin.
>
> Glen
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