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Date:         Sat, 6 Jan 1996 15:37:10 -0500
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From:         limbo@bcn.net (Jim Digennaro)
Subject:      Re: Distributor Numbers & Questions

>I> >My bus is a '71. Bob Hoover told me to look for a distributor marked >-205P, which I will do. > >Thanks! Joe Hi Joe, If your have distributor problems, have you considered a 009? If you have and had a problem with it ie: flat spot the problem may have been carb related. In a past issue of "The Transporter", LiMBO's newsletter our resident mechanic Bob Donalds at Boston Engine wrote a nice artical about this problem. In short the problem comes from the 009's primary timing. At 8-10 degrees advance the engine idles to fast. In order to correct this problem most people ajust the idle mixture screw, usally turning it so far in that when you step on the trottle the transition from idle circut to primary circut you have a fuel imbalence. Flat spot. Now Bob fixed this, I've done it myself, by removing the carb and pluging the hole in the throttle plate. You can use a screw of rivit, your choice. I used a screw and loctited it inplace so it won't fall out. What this does is force the air to flow though the idle circut and then you can back out that mixture screw so that the transiton is better. I've done this and it works. You can set the 009 to specs and it will idle normaly. I hope this helps if you want the complete artical let me know or call Bob Donalds at: (508) 668-2676.

Keep on Busin' -Jim D

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