Fellow Muskrats, I'm sure that you'all remember my recent problem with my GTV misfiring at constant throttle at 50-65 mph. Many ideas were bandied about and one discovery was that the distributor's advance curve was way too steep: at 2500 rpm it was already at 30 degrees, at 3000 it was at 35....
My distributor was a very early RML model (1999) so Ric kindly reset the curve for me. Last weekend I found the time to reinstall it in the GTV. The engine started right up and I set the full advance to 35 degrees. But the best thing is that finally got a decent idle; before it was around barely turning over 500 rpm and now it is 800-850. My test run was on a cool morning and I found that the rpms had risen up to around 1200 which it rarely did in the past. The rpms dropped as the engine approached operating temps. This made low speed maneuvers so much easier - no more feathering the throttle to keep it running ! Running like it should ! And the miss has disappeared as well ! Now to do something about the exhaust leak at the center muffler .... And the Guzzi's alt. bracket has split all the way thru.... Some winter time garage projects -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
