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1. Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>; Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 19:11:10 -0600; I have a riddle for all of the armchair mechanics out there, but it is a longish saga so anyone not interested hit 'delete' now. I installed a very racey 302 into my Mk I last winter and have spent a; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00297.html (9,199 bytes)
2. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: TIGEROOTES@aol.com; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 03:05:06 EDT; My first guesses would be an occasional ignition crossfire at the distributor cap, within the distributor cap, or somewhere along or across the plug wires. Do you have a solid lifter cam and is ther; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00298.html (7,550 bytes)
3. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: "Steve Griffing" <bartdog@mindspring.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:07:57 -0400; . The symptom is an annoying idle hard at yet WOT. made should I would looking for a lean condition. It could be a vacuum leak that is masked by the jetting at higher speeds. It could also be a jetti; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00300.html (9,360 bytes)
4. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Bill Martin <bmartin@snf.Stanford.EDU>; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:30:45 -0700 (PDT); Mike, I am working on the same thing with my Tiger and the fancy new Excelerator series 600cfm Holley. Which carb do you have? Vacuum secondaries or Double pumper? I need to know which model carb bef; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00305.html (7,914 bytes)
5. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 07:58:10 -0700; The "bucking" symptom sounds suspiciously like an ignition problem. Call MSD. Steve -- Steve Laifman < Find out what is most > B9472289 < important in your life > < and don't let it get away!> _/_/_; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00306.html (8,060 bytes)
6. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Michael McBeth <mmcbeth@compusmart.ab.ca>; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 12:44:33 -0600; Hi Bill, thanks for the offer of help in diagnosis. The Carb currently on the car is an edelbrock 600 cfm vacuum secondary. My first guess was a lean misfire so I richened the rod/jet combination wit; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00314.html (9,132 bytes)
7. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Bill Martin <bmartin@snf.Stanford.EDU>; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 12:36:39 -0700 (PDT); Hmmmmmmmm. Well here is my best guess for the moment, I would check the vacuum at Idle and then check the power valves on the carb you are using. The power valve should be 1 to 1.5 in Vacuum rated be; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00315.html (9,011 bytes)
8. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: "Doug Mallory" <rdmallory@earthling.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:32:46 -0400; Would you by any chance be running solid core plug wires? If so you can NOT run them with a MSD box or any computer ignition... The RF noise will kill the box. Doug; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00316.html (7,880 bytes)
9. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:51:29 -0400; Mike, just take the MSD out of the loop, and you can check whether the MSD is the problem. Make sure you have a ballast resistor in the circuit if called for by the MSD distributor wiring. Mallory di; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00317.html (7,823 bytes)
10. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:21:14 -0700; Larry, Doug, Mike, Bill, My Eudora went down this morning and took my morning E-mail with it. It's rebuilt and I'm back on-line now. Didn't get Mike's longish riddle post. I would comment that the di; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00318.html (9,096 bytes)
11. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>; Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 18:01:52 -0700; Gee Mike, you call that a long post? Doesn't even compete with the Laifman or Cobbmeister. Seems like you have proven it isn't the carburetor. I think the MSD is probably a red herring too. You can; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00319.html (11,446 bytes)
12. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Larry Paulick <larry.p@erols.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:51:02 -0400; Bob, the new MSD 6AL now has a warning in their instructions re the solid core wires. Also the Mallory magnetic distr advises that with a MSD, you need the ballast resistor in the circuit, if you ret; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00321.html (7,697 bytes)
13. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>; Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:10:06 -0700; Strangely, my MSD Installation Instructions say nothing about the ignition wires. It's been so long that I don't remember the source of my information, but the only issue I was aware of was the effe; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00322.html (9,670 bytes)
14. Re: Diagnosis: confusion (score: 1): Author: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu>; Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:22:27 -0700; I went to the MSD Web site and took a quick look at the Installation Instructions for the MSD -6. This is a much more comprehensive document than the one they used twenty years ago. Here's the URL:; /html/tigers/1999-10/msg00324.html (8,911 bytes)

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