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Old 08-06-2009, 04:40 AM
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Well....it does seem to be a bit rich at idle and lower speeds and when accelerating seems to clear itself. But not rich enough to cause black smoke. Good tips on the PV though. Thank-you.

Last night, in the dark, I started it up. No arcing or anything. I then hooked by spark tester (just an adjustable gap device with a sparkplug tip on one end and an alligator clip on the other). I set the gap for just over 1/2 inch and connected the HV wire form the coil to it. Cranking the engine over I had a nice blue spark. It was hard to tell, but it seemed that every so often I'd miss a spark during cranking. This seems to match up when I used a timing light and every so often it misses a flash. Previously I blamed it on the light. Now I'm not so sure.

Anyway, I took it for a drive after my testing and except for some light bogging just off idle, it seemed fine. Seems the problem gets worse when the engine is very hot and complimented by driving during very hot/humid weather.

More testing today........
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