[PPCC] Tune Up

[Steve Goodman]

Hello Paul:  One other thing you might try first:  replace your new
condenser with the old one.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Campbell" <pdtcamp at yahoo.com>
To: <ppcc-list at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 4:34 PM
Subject: [PPCC] Tune Up


>
> I'll see you all at breakfast on Sunday, but I'd like to ask for opinions
on a problem I'm having with my car.
>
> I did a tune up yesterday.  New points, plugs, rotor and distributor cap.
Dwell is right on the money, and timing is set at 12 btdc.
>
> Car is stumbling like a fouled spark plug or dirt in the carburetor.  Plug
wires are fairly new and snug on the plugs and the distributor.  On the
first pass, I didn't put the rotor in tight so the "teeth" on the underside
were chipped off.  I replaced both rotor and distributor cap and removed
the two chipped pieces of plastic from the distributor.
>
> I know that, at some point, I'm going to need to replace the distributor
because the screw hole for the silver distributor cap is stripped, but
that's a pre-existing condition that caused no problems over the last four
years.
>
> Ideas and suggestions are welcome.  I'll stumble the Corvair to breakfast
on Sunday.  It'll make it, but it's running crappy.  The car was running
great before I did the tuneup; I just wanted to see if I could make it run
better since I hadn't tuned it up in 7,000 miles (4 years).
>
>
>
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