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Old 04-27-2008, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by FatBoy View Post
With regard to "reluctant to rev", by that I mean it lacks power and starts to miss above 3,000rpm.
3000 is when most of our FEs are just starting to wake up -- and throw in the dieseling and you've got some real clues. How 'bout bad fuel? Water, alcohol, crap in the fuel? Put a timing gun on it and double check your timing at idle; anything between 10 and 15 BTDC will pass for now. But I don't think it's a timing issue, I'm betting on fuel (that means condition of the fuel, carb. adjustment, and linkage) or the spark.
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