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Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm Dirty_Gurty #884963 09/26/2012 6:48 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 835 Raleigh,NC K Kurt_51carryall Shop Shark
Kurt_51carryall Shop Shark K Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 835 Raleigh,NC	Sounds like an ignition problem. I would suspect points first off, but it could also be timing, condenser, and vacuum advance. Does the distributor rotate when you goose it? Kurt

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55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Dirty_Gurty	09/26/2012 5:45 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Kurt_51carryall	09/26/2012 6:48 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Dirty_Gurty	09/26/2012 7:10 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Flxible	09/26/2012 8:49 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Pete52	09/26/2012 7:11 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Materman	09/26/2012 7:28 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Dirty_Gurty	09/26/2012 7:42 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Pre '68 Dave	09/26/2012 8:40 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	6571	09/26/2012 8:53 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	joeflanagan	09/26/2012 9:25 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	helilog56	09/27/2012 1:33 AM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Roy Rodgers	09/27/2012 7:16 AM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Dirty_Gurty	09/27/2012 9:00 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	enginenut	09/27/2012 9:41 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	baldybenny	09/28/2012 5:48 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	Dirty_Gurty	10/01/2012 5:09 PM
Re: 55 235 runs terrible at high rpm	festerhairball	09/18/2020 6:10 AM

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