Re: 65 Rambler - Gasoline Geyser - Help?!

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Check that the firing order matches the sequence of the wires in the cap.
Could be you have 1 cylinder firing when the intake is open. 

Ken Ames    email:amesk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Brian Hagen wrote:

> Matt,
> 
> Are you sure? I manually aligned the notch on the timing mark at TDC.  I 
> then removed the distributor and realligned it so the rotor pointed at 
> Cylinder 1. (so at TDC, the rotor points to Spark Plug one).  Wouldn't that 
> be correct?
> 
> Could something else be 180 degrees off internally in the distributor since 
> i 'rebuildt' it?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Brian
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt Haas" <mhaas@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 10:15 PM
> Subject: Re: 65 Rambler - Gasoline Geyser - Help?!
> 
> 
> > Brian,
> >
> > The cloud of gas you're seeing is from the distributor being in wrong. 
> > Chances are, it's off 180 degrees. To see if that's the problem, just move 
> > the plug wires on the sparks plugs. If that fixes it, you can either leave 
> > it as-is or remove the distributor and turn the rotor 180 degrees. Also, 
> > when the #1 cylinder is at TDC, both the rotor and vacuum advance can 
> > should be roughly parallel to the engine block. Take a look at 
> > http://www.mattsoldcars.com/RestoreAmerican/new_lines.shtml to see what my 
> > distributor looks like.
> >
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> > 
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