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It backfires 120-130

posted by  someone claiming to be Jim Hampton on  Fri Nov 28 17:42 CST 2003 [RELATED]

The kid's '65 122 isn't running well and he says it backfires (I haven't heard it). When I was putting wires in my '67, I looked at his to make certain my sparkplug wires were o.k. When I hooked mine up and tried to start it it wouldn't run. A check of Haynes showed the wires were wrong - as if 180 degrees off. His car ran well then and had good power. The timing gear had been replaced before then, but the car ran fine until now.

When I pull wires off, it is only when I remove wires from 2 and 3 that I get a drop in rpm. 1 and 4 don't have an effect. Actually, at first it seemed as if 1 and 4 worked ok, then 2 and 3. It was inconsistent. He had to go someplace and I haven't had a chance to fool around with the for a few days. I had set the timing (by ear and with a tachometer) and it seemed to run better. Any advice?

His carbs need to be rebuilt, at least re-bushed. By the way, where can I get a reamer to use to prepare to install new bushings. Is it difficult or can a run-of-the-mill backyard guy do it?

Jim Hampton






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