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04-12-2022, 11:26 AM | #1 |
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mystery backfire-Dummy me
Had a couple of treads on backfires lately...well mine started backfiring.
I had done some work on it, so why was it backfiring now? Dummy me...I forgot to snug down the distributor hold down bolt. Snugged it up, popping gone. Sometimes it's the simplest things that cause the problems
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04-12-2022, 11:30 AM | #2 |
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Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me
It happens! I had a no start after adjusting the points, found the rotor laying on the cowl !
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04-12-2022, 11:40 AM | #3 |
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Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me
Been there Ted. If not the rotor, the fuse, gas valve, key on, timing pin, or crank left in. I'm slowly slippin' away, I guess. So, far I've managed to keep her wheels on.
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04-12-2022, 01:11 PM | #4 |
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Grounds are a good thing aren't they.
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Quote:
If you can't laugh at yourself...you just haven't look hard enough
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04-12-2022, 06:49 PM | #6 |
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I think I'll stop looking.
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04-13-2022, 07:01 AM | #7 |
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Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me
Synchro, Sounds like you are a good friend to have. While you are at it maybe you could overhaul the engine and put a new paint job on the car.
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04-13-2022, 09:46 AM | #8 |
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Good one, thanks.
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04-13-2022, 05:48 PM | #9 |
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Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me
Yup, it happens to all of us. About a year ago i rebuilt a carburetor. I did a great job and pated myself on the back.
installed the carb, it would idle, but any throttle would kill the car. Unhappy, i walked back over to the bench, and there it was. The venturi that I forgot to install! DUH. |
04-22-2022, 11:20 AM | #10 |
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Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me
Not on a Model A, actually on an IH pickup. I carefully overhauled the carburetor and started it up. When flames appeared, I put them out with fresh dirt from a recently dug flower bed, and THEN I overhauled it again.
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04-23-2022, 11:08 AM | #11 |
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Re: mystery backfire-Dummy me
Originally Posted by burner31 View Post
If you can't laugh at yourself...you just haven't look hard enough. When I start laughing at myself I have a hard time stopping because there is so much to laugh at. Have a Good One Dan |
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