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Running on 2 - Help!
chickenfillet - September 23rd, 2010 at 04:18 PM

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


ian.mezz - September 23rd, 2010 at 04:34 PM

just check the base tune points, timing, make sure choke not stuck.


chickenfillet - September 23rd, 2010 at 06:45 PM

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 - September 23rd, 2010 at 06:53 PM

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


chickenfillet - September 23rd, 2010 at 07:18 PM

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


ian.mezz - September 23rd, 2010 at 08:26 PM

yeah change the plugs as they are cheap or change em to the other 2 and see if those 2 cylinder start missing.:blush:


chickenfillet - September 24th, 2010 at 01:21 PM

New plugs = 4 x explosions!

Thanks for the help guys.

Kevin