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Re: 216 runs great when it starts. #81000 08/07/2007 5:02 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Forest Grove, OR 4 4ontheFloor Extreme Gabster
4ontheFloor Extreme Gabster 4 Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Forest Grove, OR	You might also try retarding the timing a bit. My 216 (before I got rid of it) had trouble starting if the timing was too advanced. It ran fine but wouldn't start easily. Paint & Body Shop moderator A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

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216 runs great when it starts.	ajoe	08/04/2007 5:58 AM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	Hotrod Lincoln	08/04/2007 6:08 AM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	atomarc	08/04/2007 6:16 AM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	ajoe	08/04/2007 6:45 AM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	ajoe	08/04/2007 6:50 AM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	Roy Rodgers	08/04/2007 1:43 PM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	doc41	08/04/2007 2:29 PM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	ajoe	08/04/2007 6:32 PM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	atomarc	08/04/2007 7:00 PM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	truckernix	08/05/2007 3:14 AM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	Hotrod Lincoln	08/05/2007 6:20 PM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	ajoe	08/05/2007 6:36 PM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	ajoe	08/05/2007 6:40 PM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	4ontheFloor	08/07/2007 5:02 AM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	ajoe	08/07/2007 6:29 PM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	truckernix	08/07/2007 8:14 PM
Re: 216 runs great when it starts.	Brendan M	08/09/2007 5:44 PM

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