[AT] Firing on two instead of four

[Skip Cleveland]

Put some new spark plug wires on the thing and them maybe it will work. It 
happened on my little four cylinder engine and the mechanic wanted to put on 
a new wire end which workd have worked. Why botch it up when new wires are 
cheap and available. It worked good.
Skip
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Subject: RE: [AT] Firing on two instead of four


> For some reason, Lew's reply jogged a memory for me.
> A few years ago my old Allis RC started running poorly.
> I changed the plugs without it doing any good, so I thought
> maybe there was a stuck valve or something. Sure enough,
> when I removed the rocker cover there were two pushrods
> that had jumped off their rocker arms. Reinstalled them
> and adusted the valves and no more problem. It's sure
> worth a try if everything else fails.
>
> Phil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>From    : Lew Best <bee_keeper at earthlink.net>
> Sent    : Sat, 25 Nov 2006 19:21:35 -0600
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> Subject : RE: [AT] Firing on two instead of four
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>>Any chance it could be crosswired?  I've seen this happen several times;
> on any 4 cyl engine I've seen it'll "hit-miss-hit-miss" sounding pretty
> good (skipping every other beat) but very little power (the 2 crossed
> wires firing on the exhaust strokes).  Just try switching wires straight
> the cap & you'll know; if it is cross wired & you switch the correct 2
> it'll run great; if you switch the incorrect 2 it won't run at all.
>
> Lew Best near Waco, TX
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