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| RE: Some more ideas |
| By hawkrod - 02/21/2002 11:18:43 AM; IP 198.81.17.171 |
| royce has some real good ideas here and is right about the fans and pulleys both can have a significant effect. his points on timing got me thinking though. i assume you have set the timing, but have you checked to see if the timing marks are in the right spot? i have had some balancers spin the outer ring causing the initial timing to be retarded causing it to run hot. as rpm come up the advance comes on and things cool down. be sure to make sure your balancer timing marks are in fact correct or you will chase this problem until you scrap it! the best way is to use a piston stop (an old spark plug with a bolt threaded through it works well on FE's). turn the engine until it hits the bolt. then mark the blancer where the timing pointer hits it. then turn the engine back the other way until the piston hits the stop again. then mark the balancer again. halfway between these marks is TDC. i once bought a cougar with 200 miles on it because it ran hot and they had torn it down and reassembled it several times and they assumed that it was bored too far. guess what? it was the balancer! i keep a known CJ balancer here and compare all the balancers i sell against it. i have even had 427 and 428PI balancers that were spun! hawkrod |
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