Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2020/9/18 13:38:54

I doubt that it was the sand, as it's always had a tick when cold that went away when warm. At least I would hope it's not the sand. Looks nice and clean inside the valve chamber and I've been fastidious about keeping everything clean when working around anything that could get into the interior of the engine (after my mistake with the carb early on).

It looks pretty gummy on the valve shaft. The car definitely runs rich so that could be part of the issue. I did adjust the two idle screws, marking and counting the turns until stop and then backed them off 1 and 1/4 turn. One was already at 1 and 1/4 and the other was closer to two full turns out. Can't tell if it made a difference in idle until I get the valve sorted out though.