[6pack] Miss Off Idle

[Tom Note]

Vance:   Wow.  12 vs. 34 deg. seems like huge discrepancy. What was the 
cause, and how did you correct it? If it was just a matter of point gap, how 
much could it have been off if you had already checked the points.
   Excuse the naive questions, but I've never used a dwell meter.
Tom

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette at intel.com>
To: "michael lunsford" <mblunsfordsr at yahoo.com>; <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [6pack] Miss Off Idle


> Mike:
>
> While it could be many things, I can tell you that I had the EXACT same
> symptoms. I tried EVERYTHING (or so I thought) to no avail. Mixture, 
> timing,
> dashpot oil, plug wires, plugs, etc had no effect. Lots of dead ends.
>
> The bottom line, my dwell was waaay off, despite having what I thought was 
> the
> correct point gap. The spec is 34-38 degrees for 1974, mine was 12 degrees
> when I checked it with a dwell meter. Oops.
>
> Moral of the story: Check dwell with a meter, do not rely on point gap 
> alone.
> Too easy to screw it up (at least for me). I realize most of you (all of 
> you?)
> would never do anything this brain dead, but I was an abused child so it 
> is
> not my fault. I am a victim I tell you, a VICTIM!!!
>
> Vance
>
>    Vance Navarrette
>    http://www.triumphowners.com/832
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 6pack-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces at autox.team.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of michael lunsford
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:06 PM
> To: 6pack at autox.team.net
> Subject: [6pack] Miss Off Idle
>
> I have been trying to diagnose a miss a friend/club member has on his 74 
> TR6.
> The car is stock with the carbs recently rebuilt by a reputable local LBC
> shop
> and later rechecked by them.  The car runs fine except on takeoff from a 
> stop
> after it has warmed up.  The miss disappears when he uses the choke or
> throttle to keep the rpms at around 1500.   Fuel supply problems?  Dizzy
> problem??  Looking for help from my fellow listers.  TIA.
>
> Mike Lunsford
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