[Tigers] Tiger won't idle after a bout of hard acceleration

[Ron Fraser]

Rick

                No matter what distributor you are running you should always check to see if the weights are retuning correctly.

I had an HEI distributor that the grease dried out and the weights were slow to return and they were probably slow to move while driving.

A little cleaning and some better grease and it was working wonderfully.

 

Timing is everything

 

Ron Fraser

 

From: R Flynn [mailto:flynnr2 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2017 4:44 PM
To: Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>; tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger won't idle after a bout of hard acceleration

 

Aftermarket Malory Pertronix optical ignition - has been performing fine for a good long time, seems in fine nick.

 

On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 at 16:35, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com <mailto:rfraser at bluefrog.com> > wrote:

Rick

                Which distributor do you have – the early style with the oil port or the later style that has a tri-lobe center section?

There is a Ford ID # stamped into an embossed rectangle on the distributor.

 

I had a problem with an early style distributor because the cam in there was worn and would not let the distributor come all the way back to the Idle position.

 

Ron Fraser

 

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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger won't idle after a bout of hard acceleration

 

Finally got a couple of hours with the Tiger today (which will probably be it until next weekend sadly) - a few updates:

 

- It wil begrudgingy idle on about 1/2 choke (I have a manual choke)

 

- Found the TDC & timing marks under a bit of rust (see photo)

- Could someone tell me the scale of the marks - 3 degrees each (can't see any numbers there)?

 

- At lowest idle (on choke) the timing light has the pointer just about the 4th mark (photo attached)

 

- Plugs look ok'ish (photo of no 2 plug attached)

 

- dizzy vac advance line itself doesn't leak, each end appears fit snugly

 

- distributor seems tight, does not seem to have shifted

 

 

 

 

 

 

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