Need Serious Help
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From: Spokane, WA
Lot's and lots of excellent vehicles have been built and maintained in barns, under shade trees and in driveways. It is the quality of the mechanic that makes the difference.
Don't throw parts at it! That is frustrating and expensive. It is easy to check if the dampner has shifted...just get a long piece of coat hanger/long thin screwdriver and gently insert it through the #1 spark plug hole. Then hand turn the engine with a ratchet and when the wire quits rising, or doesn't seem to move with some crank movement, check the timing marks...you should be within 2 degrees either side. If not, or you are way off, the dampner is toast.
Again, if it ran fine before...
You plight also shows that it is important to look at details as you disassemble items. If you had replaced the wires one at a time, you would know the correct timing order, right now it is a guess.
The likelyhood that it "skipped a tooth" during your changes is almost nill.
Where are you located? You might find some local help if you had your location in your user data.
Kenny
Don't throw parts at it! That is frustrating and expensive. It is easy to check if the dampner has shifted...just get a long piece of coat hanger/long thin screwdriver and gently insert it through the #1 spark plug hole. Then hand turn the engine with a ratchet and when the wire quits rising, or doesn't seem to move with some crank movement, check the timing marks...you should be within 2 degrees either side. If not, or you are way off, the dampner is toast.
Again, if it ran fine before...
You plight also shows that it is important to look at details as you disassemble items. If you had replaced the wires one at a time, you would know the correct timing order, right now it is a guess.
The likelyhood that it "skipped a tooth" during your changes is almost nill.
Where are you located? You might find some local help if you had your location in your user data.
Kenny
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