> I put it down to bad gas, but today I checked out the motor during a
lull
> in the monsoon season here in NE.  I found the timing advancing off
the
> scale!
>
> The timing measured 7 degrees BTDC at 820rpm idle, but rose to 40
degrees
> BTDC at 2,000rpm, and was 50+degrees BTDC at 3,000rpm.  Ouch!  Gulp!

Just goes to show ya what can happen as our distributors age.  Mine
doesn't advance enough, so I set it a few degrees more advanced at idle.
Yes, we probably need to rebuild them.

TBill
83.5 Westy
(for sale)
>

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