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Old 04-12-2020, 09:43 AM   #18
katy
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Default Re: Spark advance question

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Originally Posted by Big hammer View Post
Same here with me, except yesterday went for a ride and something was different ! At idle each cylinder fired hard, not a miss just harder. After about 60 miles it wouldn't stay running at idle, pulling some hills was difficult. So I stopped and checked the points gap, it had closed up. Reset to .022 and all is fine now, new points a coupe hundred miles ago and the points follower had worn down. Happy Easter be save !
Suggest that you check the surface of the points cam. I had one that was not as smooth as it should have been and wore the points rubbing block down quite rapidly.
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