Re: Backfiring through the exhaust
[Re: Crizila]
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10/18/17 12:32 PM
10/18/17 12:32 PM
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RapidRobert
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Circle Track
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Lincoln Nebraska
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#1 on the hit parade should be to get the battery problem fixed. X2 then (charged up (from a charger not the alt) take it out & if still bad change the coil, put in any one from your stash just for a test (with a ballast if need be). EDIT vac leak is another potential & you did change plugs correct? plug wires would be further down on the list
Last edited by RapidRobert; 10/18/17 12:50 PM.
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Re: Backfiring through the exhaust
[Re: 1968RR]
#2389689
10/19/17 02:43 AM
10/19/17 02:43 AM
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Posts: 6,257 gulfport, ms, west mi
rowin4
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master
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gulfport, ms, west mi
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Mine is a stock 1964 points ignition. Coil, condenser what's left ? I guess I'll just start throwing money at it till it stops .
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Re: Backfiring through the exhaust
[Re: 1968RR]
#2389867
10/19/17 03:46 PM
10/19/17 03:46 PM
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Posts: 1,943 San Angelo, Texas, U.S.A.
1968RR
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I swapped out the battery and the plugs and the backfire went away. I was surprised, considering that I didn't replace the two plug wires that lacked continuity. I guess that the spark is able to arc across whatever gap is in the wires with a good battery. Of course, I'll be replacing the wires soon. On a side note: my engine seemed to like the NGK V-Power plugs that I used to have in there a lot more than the Autolite Racing plugs that I swapped in.
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