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Maybe, i'll try retarding it just a little, my timing light is broken at the moment so before i get a new one i'll just do it by ear, i've done it before.
Will doPull the plugs, and look for little aluminum splotches on the center electrode. Detonation can melt aluminum off the piston. I had a cycle engine completely melt a hole thru both pistons in literally about a second and a half, when I had mis-jetted it.
Post clear, close-up pics of the plugs.
If you did it by ear - that may be why it's off now.Maybe, i'll try retarding it just a little, my timing light is broken at the moment so before i get a new one i'll just do it by ear, i've done it before.
Yeah you could be right.If you did it by ear - that may be why it's off now.
Doing timing by ear (and listening to the smoothness of the idle) usually results in way too much initial advance.
Yes i have, rotor and cap are both only 6000 miles old, and yes it uses vacuum advance and the hose is in good shape.I agree with the timing light. It’s essential.
Have you pulled the distributor cap and thoroughly inspected it as well as the rotor and the rest? Does this still use a vacuum advance? If so check the associated vacuum lines plus everything associated with that distributor.
Ah yes, the Noise Vibration and Harshness lol, it is true though, they do sound really harsh at high revs, but you get used to it.the ford CVH, sometimes known as the NVH
your engine is on the the wikipedia page lol