Subject: Re: 69 Ambo engine problem
Author: David Otis
Date: Jun 20, 2000, 8:04 PM
Post ID: 1701092642
Cool! thanks fore the update, glad to hear it's running and those heads are
tourqued.
At 08:00 PM 6/20/00 -0700, you wrote:
| Hey all, I think I have my problem fixed with the Ambo quiting on me at idle. I retorqued the heads, but before I did that, I checked the valve clearances. The left side was EX .012, IN .004, right side EX .010, IN .060. This is after a couple hundred miles on a newly rebuilt engine. After retorqueing |
| heads and resetting the valves, I still had the exact same problem. Although it wasnt doing the engine any good, it didnt seem to have any effect on the problem. I then cleaned the carbs (for the 3rd time), refitted some spare |
| screws and fiddled with them a lot. I also found the points did not have hardly any gap on the fully open setting. This is what I suspect was causing the trouble, with the additional cause of the air screws being misaligned to try to compensate for misfiring. Any way, the ol' girl is running like a champ again. Thanks for all the help. Scott 69 Ambo 72 Eldo 81 CX100 ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want.http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics |