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| | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 | Small backfire burps when off the gas and going down hill....do I CW the dizzy for advance or CCW for retard....this one always cornfuses me? T/C Steve | | | | | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 155 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2002 Posts: 155 |
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | If you turn the dist counterclockwise on a Chev. V-8 or 6 it advances the spark. I always go by which way the vacuum advance points. If it pops on deceleration it may have the idle mixture too lean or va vacuum leak.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | WHO ME?,
You turn the distributor CCW for advance. The rotor turns clockwise. To get the #1 plug tower to the rotor earlier, you must rotate against the direction of rotation....counter-clockwise. This advances the timing..makes the plug fire earlier! Make sense?
Stuart | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | I'll go with Wrenchbender on this. Sounds like a lean mixture to me which as he states can be a leaking intake manifold or carb base. A good place to start at least. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 | Thanks for the help and T/C Steve | | |
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