BSCC- Rick's Engine Saga Update

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Rick, it sounds like you're on the right track. How are the plugs? Are the 
new? Gapped right
My car seems to have an occasional skip under load on the highway, but I 
have the plugs gapped at
.045 with the pertronic and pertronic 1 coil. So I'm a little puzzled too. 
Keep trying different things.
Is there any shaft play in the distributor that's letting the point open and 
close at different times on
each revolution.
Wes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick MacDonald" <rickm at smithprint.com>
To: <bsc-list at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 10:31 AM
Subject: BSCC- Rick's Engine Saga Update


> This could be like a soap opera, couldn't it?
>
> In the latest episode, I decided to try switching one little part at a 
> time,
> seeing if there was any difference thru trial and error.
>
> To Wes J. and the Raia's: I put a new fuel pump on, and it was no
> different...nice idea but no cigar!
>
> Anyway, Friday nite when I parked it (after a new rotor and dist. point 
> cam)
> which by the way enabled me to get the dwell WAYY better than it was, with 
> a
> proper gap even!!
> it was actually running worse than ever when I parked in disgust.
>
> I purposely didn't talk about it at Volksvair, I wanted to keep a positive
> outlook on such a nice day!
>
> So, Sunday as I was mowing the lawn I let the car idle in D for 10 
> minutes,
> and sure enough it started to stumble and skip right on cue when fully
> warmed up.
> I had a spare condensor, and with that it seemed a "little" better..no
> longer threatening to stall but still had the occasional miss.
> I had one new coil in my parts collection, so I threw it on there.
>
> No stalling! It did seem to idle better so I took it for a spin, and went
> all over town..Not once did it almost stall at a stop light, or hesitate
> under acceleration. There was one hil l that it did skip a few times on,
> just as the PG was about to shift.
>
> But I drove it for nearly an hour all around EB with no problems.
> Performance wise I'd give it a B- since I'm too cautious to call it 
> "fixed"
> but it was driving more steadily than ever before.
>
> I'm fairly certain there is still something electrical causing that
> occasional skip, but we'll narrow it down soon!
>
> 1 random thought: The valve springs in there are just "frankensteined" 
> from
> other motors...there is an occasional tapping that comes and goes, seeming
> to be from 1 area each time. Does anybody think those springs are too 
> weak,
> and when they start tapping they are not closing the valves tight enough 
> to
> support combustion?  How about "installed valve spring height"? I have 
> never
> understood that concept, but I MAY remember some different thicknesses of
> shims being in there, but it was so long ago I can't tell you exactly how 
> I
> installed them, shimmed up or not.
>
> I do plan on a good hot valve adjustment in the near future!
>
> Rick MacDonald
> The Smith Print, Inc.
> 90 Longwater Drive
> Norwell, MA 02061
> 781-878-5555 tel
> 781-878-2040 fax
> rickm at smithprint.com
>
>
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