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shaefer · 04-01-2014, 05:44 PM

Thanks for the great suggestions. I can confirm that I have been advancing the spark all the way before starting. Also, I can say that I am not entirely sure why I was doing this or how the habit started because I consulted my cheat (that I made when I was only 16 in 1998!) and that was on the instruction. Weird how habits creep up.

The battery is indeed too far gone to be able to get a really good read on the health of the coil, so a new battery will be going in tomorrow. One thing I will definitely do that I have most certainly neglected to do in at least the last ten years is to clean all the battery and ground contacts. If the coil is in good shape, then hooray! I think it probably is since it runs perfectly well. Retiming, etc will follow and it's off to the races! (I hope!)

Thanks for the good advice.

04-01-2014, 05:44 PM	#13
shaefer Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Georgia Posts: 23	Re: "Sticky" ignition Thanks for the great suggestions. I can confirm that I have been advancing the spark all the way before starting. Also, I can say that I am not entirely sure why I was doing this or how the habit started because I consulted my cheat (that I made when I was only 16 in 1998!) and that was on the instruction. Weird how habits creep up. The battery is indeed too far gone to be able to get a really good read on the health of the coil, so a new battery will be going in tomorrow. One thing I will definitely do that I have most certainly neglected to do in at least the last ten years is to clean all the battery and ground contacts. If the coil is in good shape, then hooray! I think it probably is since it runs perfectly well. Retiming, etc will follow and it's off to the races! (I hope!) Thanks for the good advice.