Posted by Kelly on January 29, 1999 at 19:29:20:
In Reply to: Re: Book posted by Sparks on January 28, 1999 at 14:26:00:
I am using an old 70 Chiltons Book and the Carb is a Carter YF-1. I have a dual advance distributor No air or power anything. I am not sure if the rough running is because the air mixture is off or if the choke is set wrong, the index mark on the choke appears correct so I want to adjust everything hot then start it up cold on another day and see if that fixes the initial rough idle with the choke/fast idle engaged. My thought is Clean the plugs and reset them with it cold, hook up a tac/dwell meter and let the engine heat up, turn the headlights on high beam as the book says but then which of the vacuum lines do I plug/unplug etc. After the idle speed is set adjust the air/fuel mix then go to the timing and dwell. Should the vacuum lines stay pluged/unplugged until idle/mixture/timing/dwell are all set or at some point should they be plugged back in? Any assistance / advise would be appreicated..Kelly
: What book are you using? I just received my Chilton yesterday, and would be happy to copy and send you some pages. What model of carb is on there now?
: : As stated before I am a shade tree mechanic and it has been many many (we will leave it at 2 many) years since I have done tach/dwell/carb adjustments. I had my 200-6 rebuilt and put a new carb on it and in about 900 miles with just the standard 1.5 turns out on the carb and a Listentament on idle speed with timing set on just the guesstament of idle speed it has fouled out the plugs. I am going to buy a tach/dwell meter to go with my timeing light but honestly cant remember little things like which vacuum lines to plug/undo etc. When I start her up cold she initially smokes one puff out then fast idles a little rough then smooths out with fast idle until I kick the pedle to release it. I have had people behind me that say just riding around town it dont smoke so I am hoping that the puff of smoke is maybe the valve seals just havnt had time to seal or it could be carb smoke combined. I know the book says set everything with the engine warm and the headlights on highbeam but I would love a step by step on set choke by--- start engine to warm up then set idle speed with vacuum lines---......any takers on walking me thru it step by step. I feel the choke is off since it is running rough for the first couple of minutes then smooths out, I know its idled to high and I need them right to set dwell/timing etc. Also whats the general opinion on the standard motorcraft plugs vs bosch plugs. This is a 200 - 6 in a 69.5 3 on the colum shifter without air, power anything. Just your base base basic car... Thanks Kelly