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Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:24 pm
by ME 109
New needles and needle jets (268)
New NGK leads.
New WR5DC plugs.
New lease on life.......... 8000 plus rpm again.
What fix fixed it?
Dunno, dun matter.
29 ebay thingies now
Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:41 pm
by hools100RS
Good work Jeff! Your prob sounded suspiciously like worn needle jets to me.....easy to confuse with an electrical gremlin and often overlooked. Replacement plugs and leads won't hurt either!!!
Cheers, hools.
Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:46 pm
by SteveD
Good result Jeff. Now you can go faster, longer! Do you know your usual tank range? It'll improve quite a bit with the new needles/jets.
Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:57 pm
by ME 109
SteveD wrote:Good result Jeff. Now you can go faster, longer!
Ya mean no more blue pills??!! YAY!
My only real measure of fuel efficiency (or lack thereof) was always being 2 litres per tank more thirsty than Ken's RS when doing our outback trips.
There was a time however on an outback trip when our fuel consumption levelled.
That was the time when some of my valves were.........well, u know...trading places. Go figure.
Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:09 pm
by Deleted User 62
ME 109 wrote:
There was a time however on an outback trip when our fuel consumption levelled.
That was the time when some of my valves were.........well, u know...trading places. Go figure.
The fact that it worked at all (for awhile) is an
accomplishment. A special place of honor has peen reserved for you in the Field Repair Hall of Fame!
Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:17 pm
by ME 109
Tim Shepherd wrote:
The fact that it worked at all (for awhile) is an accomplishment
Man, it worked damn hard for about 8000 k until I blew its brains out @ 180!
All good now.
Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:57 pm
by SteveD
Tim Shepherd wrote:ME 109 wrote:
There was a time however on an outback trip when our fuel consumption levelled.
That was the time when some of my valves were.........well, u know...trading places. Go figure.
The fact that it worked at all (for awhile) is an
accomplishment. A special place of honor has peen reserved for you in the Field Repair Hall of Fame!
Does the write up of "The Peening Files" exist, or did it go north with the loss of the old site?
Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 1:11 am
by ME 109
SteveD wrote:
Does the write up of "The Peening Files" exist, or did it go north with the loss of the old site?
Gone North I'd say Steve, but if 'yez like I can have a few beers and re-write it!
Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:42 am
by dougie
ME 109 wrote:What fix fixed it?
Dunno, dun matter.
Correct - BTDT
29 ebay thingies now
I think professional help is available 
Re: Electronic ignition advance.
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:44 am
by dougie
SteveD wrote: or did it go north
