I recently replaced the injectors. Also did the new fuel filter, filled with ATF thing.
Now, right off the bat, it ran smoother. I think the old injectors were badly out of time with each other. (Different pop values.)
But it smokes like a banshee, on startup. White smoke. Keeps smoking for a while. Until it is good and warmed up. (Before changing the injectors, there was only a brief puff of white smoke on startup. And it went away very quickly. Did not last more than a couple of seconds at most. Now it goes for a couple minutes at least.)
I can only get black smoke if I try really hard, on the road. And it doesn't last, even if I keep my foot in it.
Plus, after I drove it to town, (roughly a 40 mile round trip.), it was running really rough. It has continued to do that.
Figured the timing was too slow. This is the way it was when I first brought it home and got it started after months of trying. Turning the timing up by about two and a half dime thicknesses was what cured that for a couple years... So, I decided to turn it up again.
Here is the original way it looked when I started. When I turned it up back then, I painted the area white, then made a black mark across it, to have a starting mark. This is what it looked like when I was finished then...
I made a new mark, just so I would have no question.
And this is what it looks like now that I have set it up by one dime's thickness again. Ok, maybe it isn't quite a dime's thickness. I think I'll have to loosen the fuel lines, if I want to move it any further.
Ok, now, here's the thing...
The only change is that the smoke on startup has turned darker. More grey now. Not just white. But once warmed up it did run smoother than it has been.
So I have no idea whether it is too retarded, or too advanced. I didn't have the time today, to be turning back the other way, to find out.
Ok, so here's the thing.
I REALLY need to get this timed right.
I don't have the equipment. I want to get the equipment.
I know some of you have the right stuff, and can point me in the right direction to get the right stuff. I don't want cheap crap that will give me more headaches. But I can't afford the expensive stuff either.
What have you gotten, that is fairly inexpensive, but actually WORKS, and is reliable??? And where? And how much?
Now, right off the bat, it ran smoother. I think the old injectors were badly out of time with each other. (Different pop values.)
But it smokes like a banshee, on startup. White smoke. Keeps smoking for a while. Until it is good and warmed up. (Before changing the injectors, there was only a brief puff of white smoke on startup. And it went away very quickly. Did not last more than a couple of seconds at most. Now it goes for a couple minutes at least.)
I can only get black smoke if I try really hard, on the road. And it doesn't last, even if I keep my foot in it.
Plus, after I drove it to town, (roughly a 40 mile round trip.), it was running really rough. It has continued to do that.
Figured the timing was too slow. This is the way it was when I first brought it home and got it started after months of trying. Turning the timing up by about two and a half dime thicknesses was what cured that for a couple years... So, I decided to turn it up again.
Here is the original way it looked when I started. When I turned it up back then, I painted the area white, then made a black mark across it, to have a starting mark. This is what it looked like when I was finished then...
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I made a new mark, just so I would have no question.
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And this is what it looks like now that I have set it up by one dime's thickness again. Ok, maybe it isn't quite a dime's thickness. I think I'll have to loosen the fuel lines, if I want to move it any further.
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Ok, now, here's the thing...
The only change is that the smoke on startup has turned darker. More grey now. Not just white. But once warmed up it did run smoother than it has been.
So I have no idea whether it is too retarded, or too advanced. I didn't have the time today, to be turning back the other way, to find out.
Ok, so here's the thing.
I REALLY need to get this timed right.
I don't have the equipment. I want to get the equipment.
I know some of you have the right stuff, and can point me in the right direction to get the right stuff. I don't want cheap crap that will give me more headaches. But I can't afford the expensive stuff either.
What have you gotten, that is fairly inexpensive, but actually WORKS, and is reliable??? And where? And how much?