Re[2]: Vac advance?

[jmbrodsky@domain.elided]

     Tark,
     
        Mine actually slipped a tooth, more than once on the trip home.  I 
     distinctly remember hearing backfires about 30 min and 15 min before 
     my catastrophic event.  Upon the event, I heard the same tell-tale 
     backfire, then nothing, coasted to the side of the road.  If you know 
     what you had the timing set to, check that.  A bad set of points (the 
     plates can slip too) will do what you describe, also, check the dwell, 
     and gap, and everything.  I have lifetime wires, so I replace them at 
     any sign of trouble.  The dist cap and rotor are like $6 combined so I 
     replace those if there's any doubt.  With those, I'd say it's only the 
     points that are left.  No ignition module like an MSD or something?  
     Wow, you got the IH bug in your truck.
     
     -Joel


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Subject: Re: Vac advance?
Author:  tark_terra@domain.elided at mime
Date:    12/16/98 9:07 AM


Joel,
No, I'm not sure the timing is ok...but I've been leaning towards that
   direction. The question is, what exactly caused it to screw up?  How did you 
   skip a tooth, in the cam/crank gear or the distributor gear?
Changed the plugs in NJ when it first started giving me big trouble, Dan and I
   agreed the old ones didn't look too bad.
No gold box......points.
  I didn't nuetral drop for the sake of impressing Mandera, I did it 'cause i
   wanted to get home and sleep in my nice warm bed, it had been rainy and cold 
   all day...it would stall any other way, and possibly not start again.
It would idle, under any load it would stall at idle, hence the Nuetral option.
    At 2500 and up, it ran perfect.  Good mileage, good OP, good temp.
---
Layda,
Tark
'77 Terra 345/T19/D20
   Survivor of '98 Scout Nationals
'80 Scout II 345/TF727/single speed tc
   Clean machine
     


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