Date:         Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:33:16 -0500
Reply-To:     "Joe L." <mejoe@EMAIL.TOAST.NET>
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From:         "Joe L." <mejoe@EMAIL.TOAST.NET>
Subject:      Thanks guys, Now how do you set Idle Speed and Timing?
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Thanks to Ken Lewis, John Lauterbach Edward Maglott, Jim Arnott, Mile Miller
Zoltan Kutthy, P Savage, Malcom Stebbins and anyone else who's name does not
appear in this list because I may have inadvertantly deleted his eamil.
        I replaced the recommended parts and there has been considerable
improvement. I am now making some adjustments prior to running a few more
tests. I am having some trouble getting the idle speed at 950 (+/-)while at
the same time having the correct timing. For some reason, if I set the
correct idle speed I cannot set the correct timing because the engine will
stall before I acheive it.

        During my struggle I noticed that I can turn that idle adjustment screw one
hell of a lot of turns either in or out. So many turns that I begin to
suspect that my problem may be due to my having turned the idle screw so
damn far out that acheiving proper timing is impossible and the best thing I
can do is to return everything to "the begining" and start the adjustments
from "Square One". The trouble is I dont know where "Square One" is for that
adle adjustment screw.

   I looked through the Bentley for some instructions along the lines of
"Set a rough idle speed by by turning the idle screw all the way clockwise
then back it out three turns, from there make fine adjustments by .........
        If any such instructions exist in the Bentley they are well hidden.  Does
any such "Rule OF THumb" exist? Is  setting a proper idle speed an "Art"?

83.5 Westy