Never ending problem. ahhhhhhhhhh

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Mar 30, 2002 | 05:32 AM

69crewcab

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Never ending problem. ahhhhhhhhhh

Mar 30, 2002 | 03:01 PM

CRJ900

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Never ending problem. ahhhhhhhhhh

I have a 68 f100 360. i got the pertronix setup and it ran GREAT. then, somehow the timeing got messed up. I put it to 10'. It started fine but it will idle and drive very rough. It's backfireing ever time i accelerate. I bought new autolite platinum's and set them to .044... it still did it, then i put it to .036 and it still does it... it drives the same regardless the gap. It has 8mm wires. i have tried the timing on 6 8 10 12 and 14, its not helping it at all!!! Please help me...

Mar 30, 2002 | 03:06 PM

jonesn

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Never ending problem. ahhhhhhhhhh

Maybe the timing chain skipped a tooth. It happened to me and my truck ran like yours.

Mar 30, 2002 | 04:28 PM

CRJ900

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After 2 sets of sparkplugs, 4 different gaps, 20$, and 4 hours later............... i found out my firing order was wrong. 7 and 8 were mixed.:-X23

Mar 30, 2002 | 06:29 PM

cpegram

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Well...at least you didn't do what I did....wired mine backwards...clockwise instead of counterclockwise...
with open headers at that (hadn't put on the exhaust yet) flames out the carb and exhaust....
it was COOL....

Mar 30, 2002 | 06:34 PM

CRJ900

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hhaha, did it screw your engine up?

Mar 30, 2002 | 07:58 PM

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>Well...at least you didn't do what I did....wired mine
>backwards...clockwise instead of counterclockwise...
>with open headers at that (hadn't put on the exhaust yet)
>flames out the carb and exhaust....
>it was COOL....

Geeeeez ! DON'T tell Chris that.

He's been trying to get flames out his exhaust "On Purpose".
Now he knows another way to do it.

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