I just got back from a california trip on business and I parked the Rover
before I left. A week later I came back and she started up great! Let her
warm up and away I drove, kinda. It was as if I wasnt getting enough gas, or
it was way out of tune. It was chocking and doing strange things when trying
to drive forward, it idled fine and revved fine just not when in gear. At
first I thought I broke the clutch or something but I chalked it up to
something in the fuel line or the float in the carb clogged.
I just cleaned the carb lines and it seemed fine. (Zenith; I blew cleaner
into all the jets and watched them squirt out the other holes. The intake
hole still seems a little clogged but I might just be a bozo there) I also
checked the points and thats when I noticed the distrib shaft is a little
wobbly. I think wobbly might not be the right word as I cant really wiggle it
out of line but I can rotate it a few degrees in either direction with zero
resistance and a noticable "clink" noice when I do so.
And that has me nervous. The behavior is still there, less so then it was
before, but still very noticable. And Im running very rich, I can hear the
popping in the exhaust.
So before I try to bring this to the mechanic (i've been meaning to do so and
perhaps its finally time its out of my league), am I looking at this wrong,
and is my dist shaft supposed to rotate a little by hand? I dont remember it
ever doing that, but then it hasnt even been a year yet that I've had it :-)
Im not so sure my ear is in the range for tuning by ear yet.
Thanks all!
-Nick
Series III
PS - Saw some very nice Rovers around CA! A few defenders and a Series that
was in polished aluminum. (outside San Francisco) This was all around the
Santa Cruz, San Jose and San Francisco areas.
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