<VV> Trip Not going well, update

[J R Read_HML]

Todd,

My - long distance - assessment is that it is a valve seat "thinking" about
falling out.  They tend to do that after a # of hot - cool cycles, most
especially IF the engine had ever suffered an overheat condition - like a
thrown belt that was not immediately noticed.  Anyway, your brother had been
driving at highway speeds for some time and then stopped for gas for (a
while?).  The "pretty" warm engine had a chance to cool down and this is
just the right setting for a seat that is not FIRMLY in place to drop
partially out.  This is where your miss is (in my opinion) coming from and
it was probably noticeable immediately upon start up at the gas station.  Do
a compression check, this will tell you (what you don't want to hear).

Sorry to say - been there, done that.

NOW - I'm going to go out on a limb, in case I'm not already there.  They
seem to think it is #6.  My money is the intake on #4.  I know, 110's don't
drop seats.  DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT!

For your sake, I hope it is nothing more than a bad plug wire.

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Later, JR

'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

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Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 10:41 PM
Subject: <VV> Trip Not going well, update


> I just made it back from Stillwater OK with my cars.  I rented a U-haul
full
> trailer and headed up there.  When we started the car to drive it on the
> trailer (110 4-speed by the way) It sounded OK to me.  They said that this
was not
> the miss sound that had developed last night.  I heard no hammering or
> mechanical noise, so I don't think it is a valve seat or a broken valve.
The motor
> idle changed when we pulled off the  plug wire to the #6 cylinder, the one
they
> said it was.  It came back up when we put the plug wire back on, but they
> thought it sounded a little weak.  It did run OK when we put it on the
trailer.
> I haven't had time to check anything else, I figured as long as we had the
> trailer, I would use it.
>
> I am really hoping that for some reason, the plug got fouled, maybe with
some
> carbon or something, and it cleared itself out.  I am very happy that
there
> is no banging or clanging noises in the cylinder.  I will check it out
tomorrow
> when I can pull the plug.  Possible a valve spring getting weak.  Lifter
> didn't make noise so I don't think that failed.
>
> My brother said as we were driving back to Texas that he hoped that it was
> something really simple like carbon fouling the plug, but if it was, he
was
> going to feel pretty silly.  I agreed with him that I would rather be safe
than
> sorry.
>
> I will let you all know what I find.
>
> Todd Miller
> Texas
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