Hi James, The other classic problem that leads to this sort of behavour is siezed centrefugal advance mechanism in the dizzy.. You can either check with a strobe (make sure that the ignition advances as you rev the engine). Or try twisting the rotor arm while looking into the top of the dizzy to see whether the weights aremoving in and out.. Cheers Tim
James Carruthers wrote: > Hey Listers, > > Whilst having fun with my new tyres, trying to get used to their directness - > I found today that my engine doesnt want to do more than 4000rpm in top gear - > it just won't go up anymore past 70mph. It used to go faster - I've got it up > to at least 85 before. Not sure what's happened. It does go higher than 4000 - > in lower gears or neutral. The MOT guy leaned off the mixture - since then I > have adjusted it back - as is now pretty much how it was before. > > I think a gasket might have gone on the exhaust also - it sounds more of a > roar than a purr - like some dragster. Very harsh. The bolts do tend to come > loose - so I tightened them up a bit. Not sure if this could be linked. > > James > > 1977 Pimento Red Spit > > -- Dr Tim Dafforn 2.205 Stopford Building School of Biological Sciences University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PT 44 (0) 161 275 5538 /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
