Joe's 89
05-24-2003, 12:14 PM
Recently, since it has warmed up a bit here in SC, my wagoneer has as well. And really, it just wasn't running that good either and suffering from heat soak pretty bad (gets VERY hot after I cut it off and doesn't run well when I crnank it back up). I flushed the radiator recently thinging that may help (not) and put on a new rad cap. Nope to that too. Incidently, it has a new carb and I did the TFI thing a year or so ago as well.
Anyway, just for fun last night, I checked the igniton timing. It was dead on 10 deg BTDC, which is in the specs. Beacuse it has been pinging when it gets hot, I decided to drop it back 2 degrees or so. All I can say is WOW! It runs MUCH better, NO heat soak (it doesn't get hot now!) and it even idles better. Cranks up faster--everything is improved. I wish I would have thought to do this a year ago after I did the TFI changeover. I'm not sure if this simple little thing can help anyone elses drivability issues, but it seems to have almost cured mine that I know of, and it is cheap, and easy to try.
Anyway, just for fun last night, I checked the igniton timing. It was dead on 10 deg BTDC, which is in the specs. Beacuse it has been pinging when it gets hot, I decided to drop it back 2 degrees or so. All I can say is WOW! It runs MUCH better, NO heat soak (it doesn't get hot now!) and it even idles better. Cranks up faster--everything is improved. I wish I would have thought to do this a year ago after I did the TFI changeover. I'm not sure if this simple little thing can help anyone elses drivability issues, but it seems to have almost cured mine that I know of, and it is cheap, and easy to try.