- I haven't taken the head off of this one yet - that would be a very new
experience for me :D
- I'll do the compression test (I picked up a tester for that earlier) and
give it a go and post the results.
- For the timing, I warmed up the truck and loosened the collar on the
distributor, then slowly turned it till I got the smoothest idle out of it.
I plan on a couple of road tests to see how far I can advance it.
>The oil and the lack of power could be separate things.
>First thing I'd suspect is bad intake valve seals and/or
>worn valve guides. Have you ever had the head off this
>engine?
>
>How is the compression overall?If it's even and level
>across all 4 a set of seals and a valve grind might just do
>wonders - essentially a decoke as the manual calls it.
>
>The other quick and tricky you might want to try is setting
>the points, then going and finding a hill and playing with
>the timing. Most 2.25s will run happily at advance above
>that called out in the manual, as modern fuels are
>definitely higher octane than the spooge these old boys
>were built to run on.
>
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