I head out this morning to the local hardware store to buy a piece of aluminum to use for a carburetor heat shield. Found just what I was looking for and started for home. The Spit is running great, everything is wonderful. Cruising along at about 50 mph or so and the piece of al flies off the passenger seat ! I'm watching it in the rear view mirror to note where it lands. It lands, of course, but not on the ground but in the back of this pick-up truck headed the other direction. Oh well, it was only a couple of bucks.
Back to the hardware store, buy another, start the Spit ... running REALLY bad. Won't idle, feels like it's running on 2 or 3 cylinders rather than 4. Nurse it home and start poking around. Fuel looks good, spark is ok, plugs and wires are ok. Remove the valve cover, valve springs look ok. Compression test, 175 in each cylinder, hmmm ... Maybe the timing has changed, or the Crane ignition has gone south. Don't really know how to test the Crane so I remove it and install the contact points. Same problem. By now, most of the morning is shot so I decide to have some lunch. Not a good idea, the hamburg has mutated into an unknown life form. Might be a cure for some disease in there ! Back to the garage. Now I'm thinking something serious. Damn, I just went through this a couple of months ago. Very depressing. I'm feeling real sorry for myself when I notice the pipe cap normally covering a vacuum port on the intake manifold is missing. Hey, plug up the vacuum leak and the motor just purrs ! ( I added the vacuum port to the SU manifold, makes tuning the SU's lots easier.) I'll feel lots better as soon as I stop hitting the wall with my head ! Ken C /// [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.
