Dave M vin 03572
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Location: Mebane, NC
Posts: 346
My VIN: 06668 81' Grey interior, 5 speed, Grooved hood. Previous owner of 16301, in 2001. Found Nov 2019, a
Ok well for anyone interested in knowing the final results, I ended up removing the intake and installing all new seals, replaced the injector seals. Then started all over with setting the dwell. Upon getting the engine up to operating temp I found the dwell reading at 10° (doubled for 4cyl) I started to lean out the mixture and finally the dwell fell right into place. Apparently the mixture was set very rich! Probably someone compensating for an intake leak, which I discovered before removing the intake by spraying brake clean on the intake/block joint, and discovering that the engine would stumble and act like it wants to stall.
Thank you everyone for the input! I greatly appreciate it !