223 not running so good
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223 not running so good
Hey guys,
I installed a pertronix in my '64 223 a short time ago (please see earlier posts) and I thougth I had things working OK. Well the more I drive around, the rougher the engine seems to get. Today I decided to see if I could figure things out, but I came up short. The truck starts up just fine and idles just fine with no skipping or anything. The problem is the engine is just not running smooth - it just lumbers along with a steady bub-bub-bub-bub-bub-bub and the engine shakes along with it! It used to run a lot smoother. I would really appreciate any suggestions - other than for me to stay out from under the hood of my truck!
Thanks
Paul
I installed a pertronix in my '64 223 a short time ago (please see earlier posts) and I thougth I had things working OK. Well the more I drive around, the rougher the engine seems to get. Today I decided to see if I could figure things out, but I came up short. The truck starts up just fine and idles just fine with no skipping or anything. The problem is the engine is just not running smooth - it just lumbers along with a steady bub-bub-bub-bub-bub-bub and the engine shakes along with it! It used to run a lot smoother. I would really appreciate any suggestions - other than for me to stay out from under the hood of my truck!
Thanks
Paul
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223 not running so good
I think I finally found the problem. As suggested in a previous post by William, I took a good long look at my coil. I wasn't too concerned about the coil since I just put it in not even a year ago. yet all of my testing pointed to a timing ignition/problem. To make a long painful story short, I discovered that my coil does not have enough resistance for the pertronix! I just ordered the flame-thrower coil which provides resistance internally. In the mean time, I'm off to pick up a ballast resistor to hook up to my exhisting coil to see if that fixes the problem. Please post back if anyone has anything to add.
Thanks,
Paul
Thanks,
Paul
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223 not running so good
The truck is fixed!! Although once I got it runnig pretty steady, I discovered that the valve lash needed a bit more tweeking. I adjusted that this morning and everything is running strong and smooth...AT LAST!!!
Thanks for all the help folks!
Paul
Thanks for all the help folks!
Paul
