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Agnem

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For the last few weeks I've been getting a nagging feeling that the performance of the Moosestang had trailed off some. It's hard to tell though because the cocktail of fuel that it runs varies so much, and performance has never been as good with WMO as it is with streight #2. So I decided to clean it out some and run a few tanks of #2 just to clean the cylinders out. EGT's have been high, and with the really hot weather we have been having it just has felt really sluggish. So last night I decided to check my own timing. What a concept! I spend all year checking everybody elses. Why not my own? Well the cobblers children have no shoes they say. So I broke down and took the time to check it last night. :cry: I was retarded. :cry: 5.5 degrees. No wonder it was running like crap. But hey, now I'm back on 8.5 and things are peachy! So the moral of the story is, don't be a retard and be too stuborn to get your timing checked.
 

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Speaking of timing....and checking other peoples timing...don't forget to bring your timing stuff to carlisle to check mine on the scout. :D

Thanks!!
-Jon
 
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Yup I appreciate the reminder. Send me one next week too. ;)
 

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will do... haha. i am still trying to get my hands on the tach n time that a local garage has. they dont even know what it is for.
 

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I know what ya mean Mel. It seems that my fleet gets the least amount of attention during the year. :(
 

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How much did you move the pump to attain 8.5 from 5.5?
 

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Never buy a used car from a mechanic!

Not so true, when I worked at the dealership id change all the fluids, adjust everything, rotate the tires, and wash my '93 ranger every 2500 miles when I had it. It was nice to pay $3 for the oil filter and get the fluids for free!!! Hahaha.

-Jon
 

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Not so true, when I worked at the dealership id change all the fluids, adjust everything, rotate the tires, and wash my '93 ranger every 2500 miles when I had it. It was nice to pay $3 for the oil filter and get the fluids for free!!! Hahaha.

-Jon


Well, it was said as a joke, and while I made a good living for many years wrenching, I took pretty good care of my stuff too, but I've worked with many a mechanic that did it enough through the day they didn't want to work on their own stuff, so they didn't until it was a necessity...like broken! :) I was fortunate enough to usually have a bay open I could pull my stuff in and work on it while waiting on parts for customer cars, etc., so I did! :)
 

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Mel... Was the timing at 5.5 degrees before or after top dead center.... The posting talks about being retarded but the numbers refer to 5.5 advanced... Thanks for clearing this up... I'm really wondering what the timing was... Surely it must have sounded real quite....:sly
 

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