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chickenfillet Officially Full-On Dubber

250 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#803934
Hello Dubbers,

I picked up my 67 yesterday that has been away having shiney new paint applied and now it is only running on 2 cylinders, the right pair are not doing a thing. It was running fine 6-7 weeks ago.

I have pulled the plugs and they are sotty but there was no change after I cleaned them up, I've added fresh fuel etc but it still runs like a dog.

Any ideas? At least it's pretty now....

Cheers,
Kevin

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ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#803936
just check the base tune points, timing, make sure choke not stuck.
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chickenfillet Officially Full-On Dubber

250 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#803963
Hi Ian,

It all seems fine, choke turns off after it warms up and the points are like new.

Is it worth buying some new plugs?

Cheers,
Kevin

greedy53 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,062 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#803965
start the engine and pull of 1 plug lead on the ones not going and see if a spark jumps across the gap,or change dizzy cap
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chickenfillet Officially Full-On Dubber

250 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#803969
I pulled the lead off the dizzy and it give a big fat spark. Does that mean the plugs are the trouble?

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#803988
yeah change the plugs as they are cheap or change em to the other 2 and see if those 2 cylinder start missing.😊
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chickenfillet Officially Full-On Dubber

250 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#804103
New plugs = 4 x explosions!

Thanks for the help guys.

Kevin