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Old 06-13-2014, 01:30 AM   #12
Tom Endy
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Default Re: Can't get the idle right

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Originally Posted by JOES31 View Post
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Thank you. I put the other zenith on that I rebuilt and the idle was better. Then I checked the rotor gap and yes they were not even. I set the largest gap to the correct gap and had to file the other contacts to match. It idles much better but somehow the timing has changed as now the full retard position doesn't lope the engine. I'll re time her tomorrow and see how she runs.

Thanks everyone for the great advice.
Check that your points haven't closed up. New points tend to close up more during the first few hundred miles. During the first hundred miles they can close up to half what you set them at. Set your points fist, then the timing. I set mine at .020. When the points close up it will change the timing and the car will run poorly. When you reset the points to what you previously had them at when you set the timing, the timing will return to the previous setting.

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