Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:52 pm
Oops, I was looking at the attendance list on the first page of the billing thread...
I'll bring the colortune then. :-D
I'll bring the colortune then. :-D
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Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:09 pm
I redid the timing last night and can confirm I have no idea what I'm doing. 10°btdc at high idle, still just no power, so I'm hoping I can do a wagtail and crawl to billing and let the boffins take a look
Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:11 pm
sabotage the truck and get the AA to bring you, might be quicker and save on fuel
Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:23 pm
It should be set at idle, i.e. 850rpm with the vac advance unhooked and blocked. what rpm are you setting it at?timwilks13 wrote:I redid the timing last night and can confirm I have no idea what I'm doing. 10°btdc at high idle, still just no power, so I'm hoping I can do a wagtail and crawl to billing and let the boffins take a look
Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:32 pm
Just what ever tick over is on the truck, no idea of the exact revs? If its only slightly out it won't do any damage to the engine will it?
Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:53 pm
Oops - I'd better redo mine then...ScottieJ wrote:with the vac advance unhooked and blocked
Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 3:07 pm
Glad you quoted that as I had missed that bit!! I'll re do it tonight again!!Anton wrote:Oops - I'd better redo mine then...ScottieJ wrote:with the vac advance unhooked and blocked
Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:08 pm
I said that last page. Vac off. Blocked. Check timing. Retune carb. Recheck timing. Retune carb. Recheck timing. Retune carb. Till its happy.
Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:06 pm
It all sounds soo technical.
My experience with the KJA
Not starting, check spark, ok. Check fuel, ok to the carb. Still not starting.
Take fuel in pipe off carb, put down the carb, turn over till it starts. Quickly put pipe back onto carb properly. Turn dizzy till is sounds right.
Admittedly I haven't actually driven it yet to see how it goes.
My experience with the KJA
Not starting, check spark, ok. Check fuel, ok to the carb. Still not starting.
Take fuel in pipe off carb, put down the carb, turn over till it starts. Quickly put pipe back onto carb properly. Turn dizzy till is sounds right.
Admittedly I haven't actually driven it yet to see how it goes.
Re: 1.6 road speed on 31's
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:06 am
Yes, you did. I did read it, but for some reason it didn't hit me that I hadn't pulled my vac advance when I tuned mine until Scottie said it too!dan_2k_uk wrote:I said that last page. Vac off. Blocked. Check timing. Retune carb. Recheck timing. Retune carb. Recheck timing. Retune carb. Till its happy.
Don't ask me why...?
I'm bringing a colourtune kit and (if I can get it working again, or borrow HPOC Scottie's) a timing light, and we can all have a bit of a tuneup.
It's a really crap timing light though, so if anyone has one that can illuminate properly, I'd be grateful. This one is fine if you get it within an inch of the the target, but that's hardly ideal, now is it?