Subject: Re: STARBOARD
Author: 3haw-@bluefrog.biz
Date: Apr 6, 2003, 10:20 AM
Post ID: 1712524784
Tom,
Just replaced distributor cap and rotor and the thing took off like a new
machine! Both cylinders! Easy fix, just need to remember to always carry
an ignition kit with me as a "break-down" item. Thanks for your help, and
thanks to others, sorry for any truculence. Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Bowes <kk-@comcast.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 11:41 AM
Subject: RE: STARBOARD
| The larger bore on one side is probably due to the relative lack of quality control and is likely not going to create the problem you describe. Look, Bob, the right side is running OK, which means that whatever is causing the problem with the left side has to be exclusive to the left side. Is your left plug blackened and sooty? Or is it white as the driven snow. One indicates too much fuel, with spark, the other too little fuel and/or no spark. Is the left plug wet after you crank the engine? If so, the problem could be (in order of likelihood): 1) Choke problem. Choke cable too tight or misadjusted. Or the left side choke plunger is stuck, or its rubber seal is so hard from age that it wont seal any more, or the enrichener jet is crudified on its sealing surface and needs a cleaning. 2) Bad plug, plug wire, plug cap, or distributor cap. Substitute or swap, to determine which. 3) Carb slide is installed backwards. The flat side goes toward the engine. 4) Carb top gasket is kaput. 5) Carb is thouroughly crapified and needs to be rebuilt. 6) Valves too tight on left side. As for coils, it really doesn't matter, so long as they have an internal (or external) ballast resistor. The fact that your right cylinder is working suggests that the problem is not the coil. But, if you really want a new coil, the Bosch "Blue Coil" as used on a 1972 Beetle works great. 3haw-@bluefrog.biz wrote:
Tom Shelby Township, MI Early '70 Ambo 1980 G5 (for sale) 1982 V50III 2001 Cal Special |