From: william f cox (grntrks@juno.com)
Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 20:50:41 PDT
Greg,
Couple of ideas to look at:
dist. cap
burned contact for that cyl.
crack at or near that contact
corrosion at high tension lead
plug wire
good continuity?
burned or corroded on either end
Compression check on faulty cylinder
Just some random things to consider.
Frank
On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:51:11 -0500 "greg marks" <youdog99@msn.com>
writes:
> Greetings all,
>
> I'm in the middle of a move and the dang'd M38A1 is misfiring on
> cylinder
> #4. Cant find my service manual and know that I 'Guess-timated' my
> gap on
> the plug.
>
> That didn't work.
>
> Can anybody throw me a bone and tell me the gap is supposed to be?
>
> Plug was all carbon'd up. I cleaned up this plug and re-installed.
> Lasted
> one outing and fouled on the next weekend.
>
> I bought new plugs several months ago and 'someone' put them away
> for me.
> 'She' nor I can find them. I'm hoping that these plugs fail after a
> while(2
> years) and a new set will fix this carbon'd up plug. I really don't
> need to
> find out that I have a wet cylinder.
>
> I welcome all comments, suggestions, etc.
>
> TIA,
>
> Greg
>
> '53 M38A1
> '48 CJ2A
> '59 F100
>
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Frank Cox (grntrks@juno.com)
Vietnam 1966
'45 GMC 353 DUKW
'66 M35A2 w/w
'68 M105A1
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