Re: hello agian

[Kurt McDowell <gmcd@domain.elided>]

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Steve,    The reason I think its the carb is becuase it's every other plug in the
firing order. the intake distrutes one barrel to every other cylinder and the other
to the rest Right? Therefore, if every other one is missing, then it seems that one
side of my carb is not working.
    Grant

> Grant,
>
> If you can take off every other spark plug wire with no effect on the
> engine.  Your problem isn't the carb. It's the ignition.  Since it is
> running, although roughly, the gold box and sensor in the distributor are
> ok.  I'd check the dist cap and plug wires and plugs.
>
> The way to check the plug wires is to get a digital volt meter and measure
> the resistance of each wire.  Then, measure the length of each wire and
> divide the resistance by the length.  You should get the same result for
> each wire, plus or minus 15%.  If you don't, replace the wires.
> Resistance wires are seriously fragile.  I usually figure I can remove
> them a couple times without hurting them.  **really**.   The best way to
> remove them is to go to a good auto parts and look around for a plug-wire
> removing tool.  It should grab the boot at the plug end and pull from
> there.  Actually it hooks under the lip of the boot. I've had a lot less
> trouble since using one of these.
>