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 Posted: 07-18-2009 11:55 am
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Dan (Florida)

 

Joined: 03-16-2005
Location: Ormond Beach, Florida USA
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 This sounds like a mixture problem if it runs better at idle. Mine always ran better at mid-range and idled poorly. But I had worn needles and jets.

 Are both carburator slides moving up and down the same when you blip the throttle???

 Are the plugs all the same color??? The plugs will tell quite a tale.

If the ignition wire still has the ballast resistor, bypass it as the optical trigger doesn't need it.

Are all cylinders mis-firing or just one or two??  Use the timing light to check for a steady flash on each.

The ignition llite has nothing to do with the ignition system, it shows that power is going to the alternator to excite something or other to make it work, although the ignition system does need 11.5v or so to work  properly.

Whatever you do do not loosen that clamp around the base of the distributor, but you probably have already learned that. To be safe, mark the body and clamp where they can be put back together. Mark the clamp to the block too!

I hope you get to drive it after it is fixed!!

Dan