I had a mechanic rebuild my carbuerator prior to getting the car on the road. He wanted to adjust it when I got it on the road, so I took it to him and he discovered that the points were in poor shape(I saw them today and they are). I had put over 500 miles on the car prior to today when we finally got our schedules together and he installed a new set of Borg Warner points. When I left, and started down the street, the engine started running really really really rough with some popping sounds out the tailpipe when I wound it up to shift. I took it back to the service center and the timing checked out perfect, the points had not moved, but still it ran fine till I reved it up a little. After checking various things we decided that he should install the old points again. It ran fine and I have put around 40 miles on it on highway and county roads this evening with no problem.
The mechanic showed me the points and the spring on the Borg Warner is very very thin and weak, while the points on the car are the older type with a strong spring. He suspects that since the spring is so weak that it does not work right when the RPM is fast.
I hope to find some points with a stronger spring from one of our vendors, so if someone has a suggestion, please let me know.
Thanks to all who try to help,
The mechanic showed me the points and the spring on the Borg Warner is very very thin and weak, while the points on the car are the older type with a strong spring. He suspects that since the spring is so weak that it does not work right when the RPM is fast.
I hope to find some points with a stronger spring from one of our vendors, so if someone has a suggestion, please let me know.
Thanks to all who try to help,
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