[VB] Good NEws

[Kevin Guarnotta]

Hi Mike. I hear you. 
I believe I did a full tune up 1300 miles ago - that is why I didn't start with that. It ran fine when I parked it. I just had trouble when starting it. When I replaced the fuel filter - it started right up. 

Looking thru my records...
About 1300 miles ago I did a tune up - adjust valves, check spark plugs, check gap at distributor, adjust timing. 
About 1000 miles ago I installed a new distributor cap and rotor.
700 miles ago I replaced the fuel pump.
350 miles ago I installed the new petcock in fuel tank, and cleaned out filter in tank. 

I'll try to go through the full tune up again tomorrow - I checked valves today - they were spot on. 
I'll also see if I have a spare condenser - not sure when I replaced that last. 

As a side note - some have suggested higher octane gas. I'm putting in 93 octane. 

-Kevin Guarnotta
Jamaica Plain, MA

’78 Westy
'69 Singlecab
'65 Ez-camper


-----Original Message-----
From: MIKE ANDERSON [mailto:snowbro99 at hotmail.com] 
Subject: Re: [VB] Good NEws

So reading through the multiple emails I've gotten leads me to believe that you haven't started in the correct place. 

You need to do a complete, comprehensive tune up before you start taking apart the carburetor or replacing fuel filters/lines or digging around in the fuel system etc etc etc etc.

This includes valves, points, new cap/rotor/condenser, spark plug gap and timing. I feel like these haven't been adequately addressed and you're going in multiple directions.