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| Joined: | 10-12-2005 |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
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Many thanks for the clarification. As usual your depth of knowledge and precision saves the day!!
I had problems getting the car through our UK MoT (Motor order test) on its emissions - it seems that the timing was set to 12deg but to get it to run at anything like normal the owner ran it very rich resulting in a lot of spitting and lousy fuel consumption (c.15mpg!).
I weakened the mixture on the carbs 'manually' but had to retard the timing to 8deg to get it to run and pass the MoT. This has made it much better and cured the spitting problem but she is still running a little lumpy.
I have some leave next week so am going to start from scratch with the dizzy - check points, dwell angle etc. and then retard the ignition a touch more to get it running a little smoother. If I can afford it I shall then put her on a rolling road for a proper tune up and 'sort-out'!
Dan