Well the TE/AE Crab Feast/ TAC Session and come and gone, and I said I
would let you know the problem.
The bolt holding the distributor was not as tight as it should have
been, when I changed the initial advance one month ago.
I put a timing light on the car, and the car has been degreed, and could
not believe my eyes, when it said 38 degrees. What was I seeing.
I checked that I was hooked to the #1 plug, and tried to move the
distributor, and sure enough, it moved.
I backed it off to 12 degrees, and everybody was happy again.
As the engine speed increased, with the initial timing at 38 plus the
advance under light load, plus the mechanical, which was 24 degrees, the
timing was out of sight.
The engine did act like a rev limiter, and it did get worse the longer I
worked on it, as it moved further out.
The lessons learned, and responses to the problem by the list, showed
throughful, considered evaluation, and like me, who looked at 95% of the
suggestions, you must remember the basics, and check them as well.
The timing was a last check. Just replacing parts, distr. module $84,
Coil $80, elec. fuel pump $79, wires $55, and so on was not the solution
to the problem. It was also not an option that I liked.
I wanted to figure it out.
For me it has been fun, and informative to see the responses. Good Job
Guys.
Well, who figured it out? Tom Hall, Chris Thompson, and Phil Hulse.
Way to go guys.
Who was the winner?
We were, as We shared a problem, and We taught each other and We learned.
Can't get any better than that.
Larry
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