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Re: overheating 1275

To: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: overheating 1275
From: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:23:42 -0500
Hey Glen,

This is kinda like what was happening with my 1275!  I'll try
advancing the timing a tad and see what happens. In my case, part of
it was a bad radiator which is now fixed...

Cheers!!
Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City

On 8/14/06, Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> Since I had put the mild 1275 into the Austin, it hadn't really acted like
> what I expected to be.  It tended to get pretty hot when run on the freeway
> and at red lights.  It over-ran and occasionally misfired.
>
> Friday I jacked the timing waaay over toward what should have been too
> advanced according to the timing marks.  Well now it runs cool, mileage is way
> up, power is way up, no misfires and no over-run.  Looks like the pained notch
> timing mark on the harmonic balancer was meant to line up with some other
> pointer on some other timing cover.  Miracle cure!  Now that its too late, the
> Austin is finally ready to drive down to BusterCluster.  Oh well, all that
> beer would have been a tight fit in the Austin.
>
> Glen




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