[T3] Clemmie's Invasion MPG, Joys & Troubles
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Bobsnotch at aol.com
Mon Jun 27 10:31:57 PDT 2016
In a message dated 6/25/2016 1:36:54 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
phil.hof at ostronic.org writes:
Back a couple of days to the timing story… once in Prescott I checked the
timing and had to reset it… thoughtlessly I didn’t check the dwell/point
gap, I just reset the idle timing. Later it had slipped again the other
direction, and I again reset the timing. I figured my distributor may be worn
and made a note to check things when I get home. Spin forward to this
morning at home, and my point gap was about half what it should be. Doh! I
reset the points and timing, and will fire her up tomorrow. That may have
been the source of the pinging and hard-working, driving up temps. I’ll be
checking on her regularly for this over the next months. Just in case, I’
ll get my spare (unknown condition) distributor rebuild like new and put
that in when done, just to eliminate timing asa source of heat.
I'm betting this is more likely your source of running hot than anything.
Also keep in mind that if the distributor body moves, the fuel timing will
also move as does the ignition timing.
Bob 65 Notch with sunroof
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