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Old 08-13-2022, 10:40 AM
tooski tooski is offline
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Originally Posted by 66sprint6 View Post
The thing popped and backfired like a SOB. Wouldn't rev, didn't run anywhere near smooth. It ran for a bit at about 500 RPM's, but kept stalling with a backfire.

I had this problem a couple of times. Once I had the dizzy set too far retarded. Another time I had it trying to fire #8 instead of #1-way too far advanced. The last time I did it I set the balancer at 12* and set the dizzy rotor on or just past the trailing edge of the cap terminal.

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