Subject: need help
Author: Michael Jones
Date: Aug 26, 2000, 6:08 PM
Post ID: 1702104187
I need some help, folks. My Ambo is running so bad
now that I cannot even ride it. This problem has been
developing gradually. It wasn't running very well on
the way to work t'other day, but on the way home it
got really bad. I couldn't make it all the way home -
it would loose power and backfire a lot, then regain
power for a few seconds, then loose power again. It
isn't that it won't fire at all: but it misfires a lot
and most fo the time when it does fire it doesn't
produce much power. I left it in a friend's garage
half way between work and home.
I have completely cleaned the carbs and fuel finters,
and replaced the choke o-rings. I put in new spark
plugs, a different (not new, but good) coil, new spark
plug wires, checked the timing and points (which are
clean), and looked for shorts in the obvious places. I
have not changed the condenser, because I am not sure
if a malfunctioning condenser would cause these
symptoms - it would just cause the points to burn, no?
How exactly does a condenser work?
I have the distributor at home now, thinking perhaps
the points aren't grounding do to the oil and dirt on
the plate that they attach to. Other then that and the
condenser, I can't think of anything else to check.
Any ideas?????
-Mike (69 Ambo)
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M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal
"With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet, by repudiating each other they lure each other to reach mutual correction." -Lucian Blaga
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