[Fot] Spitfire Misfire

[Doug Mitchell]

Bob,

Checking valves is a good idea. Is the distributor cap new? I'd check it out with another one. I had a bad one out of the box a couple of years ago. Swapped the old one back in and cleared up the problem. The quality on some stink.

Cheers,

Doug Mitchell
dmitchel at sbcglobal.net

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robertten1 at aol.com wrote:

>Well I have completed the tests and found the following :
>
>Leak Down -  #1   -5%:  #2  -10%:   #3  -10%    #4  -12%
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>Compression -   180   /   180   /   180   /  168
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>
>I thinking of checking the valve clearances again especially for #4.
>
>
>Any further thoughts,
>Bob T
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