I'll try backing off the timing. I run a Pertronix ignition.
Jeff
on 3/2/03 8:47 AM, Bob & Sue Bernard at bobnsueb@saber.net wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'd wonder if the timing is too advanced so that it tries to fire the
> piston backward. This commonly feels like a weak battery.
> The advanced weights can get stuck from lack of lubrication over the year,
> because they are hidden under the points mounting plate.
>
> Bob B
>
> At 08:25 AM 3/2/2003, you wrote:
>
>> Lately, I've been experiencing an odd problem at start up.
>>
>> When I hit the starter button, the engine will turn over, slow, and then
>> surge. Best way I can describe it. Similar to what it feels like to start
>> the engine with the hand crank. Turns easy, gets harder as compression
>> builds, and speeds up once you've gotten to the down stroke. Repeat.
>>
>> This only happens with the ignition on. The engine turns over without
>> hesitation when I just hit the starter button with the ignition off (no
>> spark). Based on that, I don't think it's starter related or due to a bad
>> ground. I've got plenty of battery power.
>>
>> Any thoughts? Other then wanting a bit of choke and gas first thing in the
>> morning when it's cold (cold being a relative at 45o), the truck has never
>> failed to start, even with this new symptom.
>>
>> Jeff
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