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Re: stumped
good thought, some may be but mine is centrifugal (MSD). I had thought that may be the problem though, weights hanging up after swinging out or something? but we've come to the agreement advance won't make the Idle go up that high.
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I have a stock electronic merc dist and a thunderbolt ignition, so mine problem is not distributor advance. Also I'm using dart alum pro one heads with no thermostat
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Well It turns out it was a combo of timing and vacuum. I found a small vacuum leak in the carb gasket. This brought the idle up to about 1100, well the advance weight return springs I was running were too light so at that rpm it alwready began advincing to about 18 degrees. This took the idle the rest of the way up to 2000.
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Originally Posted by aero-offshore
Good job, but that dos'nt explain mine or possibly others, ours returns to normal when you shut it off then restart.
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Originally Posted by aero-offshore
No timing weights, stock electronic merc distributer, advance is in the box.
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It must be some kind of vacuum thing, something sticking then when the vacuum goes away it returns, kinda like Just Once's sticky mechanical advance theory.