Re: [T3] Distributor In, can get it to run.

["Mark Healey" <marksvw@healeyonline.com>]

On Thu, 3 May 2001 17:48:57 -0400 (EDT), Greg Merritt wrote:

>
>
>On Fri, 4 May 2001, Mark Healey wrote:
>
>> At this point I decided to follow the muir procedures and checked the
>> dwell.  It was off so I got the feeler guage and ajusted it.  Then it
>> wouldn't start.  Went in ajusted it again and it started but it was
>
>	You didn't write that you re-adjusted the timing after adjusting
>the dwell (point gap).  Changing the dwell will *always* change the
>timing.  Any time you adjust the points, the timing setting must follow.

I'll give thaat a try.

>> The guy who helped me get it started last time messed with the
>> manifold pressure sensor to ajust the mixture.  Could this be the
>> problem?
>
>	It's usually Bad News to touch the manifold pressure sensor.  It
>would be a very rare case indeed where this factory-set piece requires
>adjustment.  Even then it should be done with everything else
>well-adjusted and with an oxygen sensor in the tail pipe to measure the
>mixture.  This isn't a part to tune by ear or by feel.

Given that, How do I get it back?


Mark Healey
71 FI auto square
71 FI manual square
marksvw@healeyonline.com


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