styleruk

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• Yesterday at 14:12

• #41

having just stared with my brother at it for 2hrs. We decided to look at other things, the timing is right. Although, I do still want to clock the top of the piston to double check to be 100% sure we are spot on.
My brother has an old series engine kicking about and that too has the 90deg adaptor, but the distro shaft that clamps to that has a recess, mine don't. So maybe the distro is clamping down hard on the gearing underneath...can't see why that would cause this issue, but it's thing to check.

 

boguing

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• Yesterday at 14:36

• #42

When did the rough idling start?

 

styleruk

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• Yesterday at 14:51

• #43

boguing said:

When did the rough idling start?

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Since I brought the car 1 y ago. I lived with it, and to be fair, it's rough running really, not just idle. Just not noticed as much when revving engine. It's now running slightly worse, so maybe a rethink on cam shaft position is needed. All valves are opening and shutting at the right places when I rotate the engine.

 

boguing

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• Yesterday at 14:59

• #44

So is it fine at say 40mph?

 

styleruk

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• Yesterday at 15:19

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boguing said:

So is it fine at say 40mph?

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Hard to say, it drives, I'd guess no. Certainly stutters if you put your foot down. Gutless, but it is anyway, certainly not smooth