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Offline giusto

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Convert duel point distributor issues
« on: July 08, 2016, 10:48:52 PM »
Hello

Recently got my Convert on the road and after about 50 miles (a few very short local rides) I am getting significant backfiring.
It ran great at first....perfect idle and cruised well...plugs looked a tiny bit lean but good.
I have taken the tank on and off several times..to check/change and tighten brake lines...I don't think I pinched any wires...but?

took the carbs off and cleaned them and blew them out (there was some new crud in them from the old pos petcocks and screens...so I replaced them with new) and still backfiring issues

I took the distributor cap off and notice massive spark at one set of points and relatively small spark at other. I had replaced the condensers when I replaced the points first time around and it ran well for 50 plus miles.

any ideas ?


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Offline chuck peterson

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Re: Convert duel point distributor issues
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2016, 11:26:26 PM »
Brand new condensers have been known to not work...little f5(!&)/3!
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Re: Convert duel point distributor issues
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2016, 11:30:52 PM »
Brand new condensers have been known to not work...little f5(!&)/3!

 Uh , YES  :1:

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Re: Convert duel point distributor issues
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2016, 11:42:28 PM »
Uh , YES  :1:

 Dusty


My first incling was to put the old condensers back on one at a time and look for change

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Re: Convert duel point distributor issues
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2016, 07:29:25 AM »
 :1: on new condensors can be dodgy.  Check your advance springs while you have it open.
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