Smkur50
SYTY Fleet owner
Well i picked up sy #1301 in Michigan a few weeks ago. Started out idle was set at 1800rpm. use a simple thing called an idle adjustment screw to 800rpm. Idles ok but a little rough probably why it was set high.
So not too familar with carb old school stuff but shouldn't be too hard to figure out. So the truck would ping quite a bit, part throttle and definitely full throttle, so babied it the 900 mile trip. Get home, aquire timing light..it was set at 25 degrees initial timing. There's my pinging problem..adjusted to 10 degrees.
Idle screws, they were set at 1 1/2 turns out from bottom but needed to be 2 1/2. .idles smooth and solid even when you put it in gear or let off gas at 800rpm.
Shifts way early at WOT, adjust TV cable, not as high as a want in the RPMs at WOT but much better at WOT and good at part throttle.
ABS light was on with the bright red brake light..unplug ABS module since thats gonna be ditched anyway..lights out.
Let me say some of the stuff was a big help to www.syty.net searching out posts. Thanks guys.
Next will be the jimmied push button start. Key start wasn't working..probably burnt wire off header to starter, then next will be getting factory tach working to ditch this old tach in cupholder that reads way off.
Thanks again sytyers
So not too familar with carb old school stuff but shouldn't be too hard to figure out. So the truck would ping quite a bit, part throttle and definitely full throttle, so babied it the 900 mile trip. Get home, aquire timing light..it was set at 25 degrees initial timing. There's my pinging problem..adjusted to 10 degrees.
Idle screws, they were set at 1 1/2 turns out from bottom but needed to be 2 1/2. .idles smooth and solid even when you put it in gear or let off gas at 800rpm.
Shifts way early at WOT, adjust TV cable, not as high as a want in the RPMs at WOT but much better at WOT and good at part throttle.
ABS light was on with the bright red brake light..unplug ABS module since thats gonna be ditched anyway..lights out.
Let me say some of the stuff was a big help to www.syty.net searching out posts. Thanks guys.
Next will be the jimmied push button start. Key start wasn't working..probably burnt wire off header to starter, then next will be getting factory tach working to ditch this old tach in cupholder that reads way off.
Thanks again sytyers
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