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farmerdick · 08-29-2020, 03:18 PM

Started the flathead yesterday. Got the timing on TDC and 30 degrees of dwell but the idle will not go below 1800 rpm. The idle screws are are backed all the way off. If I turn the distributor before TDC it wants to stall. The temperature wants to go above 220 degrees but thats another issue because of the high idle(I do have thermostats in the system). Any ideas?

08-29-2020, 03:18 PM	#1
farmerdick Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Readfield, Maine Posts: 347	Can Not Get Idle Down on Flathead Started the flathead yesterday. Got the timing on TDC and 30 degrees of dwell but the idle will not go below 1800 rpm. The idle screws are are backed all the way off. If I turn the distributor before TDC it wants to stall. The temperature wants to go above 220 degrees but thats another issue because of the high idle(I do have thermostats in the system). Any ideas?