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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
2056 started right up without issue and WOW is it quiet compared to any of the
previous builds! NO valve train noise or<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Piston
slap! So far… I have about 60 miles on it now. Mechanically
it seems fine, I have one oil leak at the head where one of the pushrod tube<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>O
rings didn’t seat properly for some unknown reason, the T4’s use O
rings and slide in place rather than compress seals on the T3’s I
can fix that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rather
easily. The engine did have a miss in it under light power though
and that’s been rather a mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sometimes
its run fine, other times it spikes lean and chokes or has an occasional miss
under light to moderate load with no lean AFR signal, so <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>My
question is, which comes first, the chicken or the egg? Its is missing or
choking BECAUSE it gets lean, or is the misfire causing a spike lean in the AFR
numbers?<br>
im starting to think the latter.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Another
strange anomaly too… I switched off the Mark 10 to see if there was
a difference that might indicate an ignition issue, that really didn’t change
things much<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But
when I switched it back on, it didn’t want to start, until I switched if
off again… and once running if I switched to the electronic ignition it
would die….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>???<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Once
it cooled down completely I started it up and switched over to the Mark 10 and
ir kept running… !!??<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ive
left it on the kettering system for now to eliminate any involvement of the
Mark 10 with the original missing issue but Im starting to wonder<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If
I have a sticky injector? I did have a leaker when I put it all back together
as it sat 3 months and that didn’t surprise me (and it did seal back up
again)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But
how common is a KNOWN sticky injector, one that sticks SHUT?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
problem seems to get better the more that I drive it or the warmer the engine
gets… I do have the mixture tweaked just a bit richer and after driving
it last night<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>And
having it run perfectly even after some missing earlier in the day I set the
mixture back closer to the set point and it was missing again this
morning… Drat!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Technically,
there should be nothing different about this engine that would require a
mixture adjustment, and I had the new cylinders checked for the same length as
the AA’s<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>That
they replaced and the machine shop SAID they were identical… but this is
the same shop that didn’t catch the bent crank. SO? I did notice
that I had to loosen the valve adjusters<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Just
a bit to adjust the valves this time… maybe the compression ratio is just
a bit higher but how much would that change the mixture required. And would it
track differently?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>It
idles fine and under any significant load its smooth…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>So
I still have some details to work out but so long as its mechanically fine I
will eventually get the running worked out and back the way it should be.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Its
SO nice to be behind the wheel again! Its 50<sup>th</sup> Birthday is
coming up in just over a month… so it would be nice to have it all
perfected by then, if the weather holds out here.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Keith<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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