Re: Eliminating Hot Spot?

Posted by Mike On 2011/5/25 21:08:36

"but I think you would rather have it work unmodified than modified right?"

Correct, just sounding the idea that this might be a culprit for some reason today, and wondering if anyone had blocked it off or filled it like people do on a lot of V8s. Also curious if people had tried it what results they found.

After the manifold and carb switch, yes, if it still happens i'll try diesel. It's a band aid, but plentiful around here. It wouldn't be THAT bad of a long term fix for me, but i prefer to hop in and go with no worries, like the man that owned one when it was new.

I'll be following up in the "chasing rough idle...compression?" thread so i'm not working in to places, as it seems that some of freds points lead me to conclude that this problem and the rough idle issue may be the same culprit, and that it's not the engine being to hot that's causing it not to fire, it's that some other system like ignition or fuel is not handing things like they should after the engine is fully warmed.

So, done with this thread, i'll keep it in the other.