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Old 06-22-2010, 04:02 PM
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Fuel problem or bent shaft.
- As the plug was fouled: Did you try to move the idle jet all the way in and turn it slowly out 1/8 of a turn each time? (Had too large , 65, idles on my V8 and some of the plugs never fired because they needed only 1/4 of a turn out; all the others 1/2.)

- Have you tried using the air bypass to overcome the bent shaft (if there is one?) to overcome the balancing problem?

- Have you checked tha corresponding valve/lobe/lift to see if it's correct on the ctlinder in question? (I once had a wrecked camshaft with some of the lobes gone south- very hard, indeed, to get the carbs balanced.)

- In terms of a linkage creating troble: Do you use 2 (one at each bank) idle set screws and a return spring?

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