> I put it down to bad gas, but today I checked out the motor during a lull > in the monsoon season here in NE. I found the timing advancing off the > scale! > > The timing measured 7 degrees BTDC at 820rpm idle, but rose to 40 degrees > BTDC at 2,000rpm, and was 50+degrees BTDC at 3,000rpm. Ouch! Gulp! Just goes to show ya what can happen as our distributors age. Mine doesn't advance enough, so I set it a few degrees more advanced at idle. Yes, we probably need to rebuild them. TBill 83.5 Westy (for sale) > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com |
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