Doward
06-02-2004, 07:04 PM
Ok, I got a $50 '88 Accord, 5 spd, carb'd, with a busted rear balljoint.
I fixed the balljoint, and am about to yank the carb and rebuild it because of this -
The car runs like hell. Lots of misfiring. Saw that the timing was off, set it (with both vacuum advances off, and plugged) so the pointer was pointing at the + of the flywheel... that was set @ around 1k rpms.
The big problem, is it refuses to idle under 1000 rpms. Now, if I put my hand slightly over the carb, the idle picks up bigtime. I think I'm running major lean, but can't for the life of me figure out why!
New plugs/wires/cap/rotor are going in next... I'm thinking of doing a new timing belt, too, since it does have 152k miles on it. The interior is cherry, so I want to keep it - especially with gas the way it is!
I'm ditching the cat, too, just to make sure that's not a problem...
Float is set correctly, and I did replace both fuel filters, and the pcv valve. I do think I'm lean, but it's weird - if I'm trying to adjust the mixture control, my eyes start burning like I'm running rich... I'm out of ideas!
I fixed the balljoint, and am about to yank the carb and rebuild it because of this -
The car runs like hell. Lots of misfiring. Saw that the timing was off, set it (with both vacuum advances off, and plugged) so the pointer was pointing at the + of the flywheel... that was set @ around 1k rpms.
The big problem, is it refuses to idle under 1000 rpms. Now, if I put my hand slightly over the carb, the idle picks up bigtime. I think I'm running major lean, but can't for the life of me figure out why!
New plugs/wires/cap/rotor are going in next... I'm thinking of doing a new timing belt, too, since it does have 152k miles on it. The interior is cherry, so I want to keep it - especially with gas the way it is!
I'm ditching the cat, too, just to make sure that's not a problem...
Float is set correctly, and I did replace both fuel filters, and the pcv valve. I do think I'm lean, but it's weird - if I'm trying to adjust the mixture control, my eyes start burning like I'm running rich... I'm out of ideas!