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Kadron help needed!

I have already been to lowbuggget.com and looked at the tips there, but can't find my symptoms.

I have a 1776 motor in my 1970 single cab. Used to run like a bat out of hell with my dual Kadrons. . I jetted them per lowbugget.com's recommendations and all was well. Well, now I live in South Carolina, and I have my single cab up in WV where my farm is I bought to live and retire in later in life. Well, of course the truck sits for a few = months between times when I use it. A few trips ago, it was hard to start, and once it did it had no power, it turned out the vac can on the = distributor died...................so I took the dizzy back to SC and replaced the can. Trip before last, it would start but hard to keep running with a lot of popping out the top of the carbs. Once it warmed = up a few minutes it idled well, but still was low on power.............when I pulled spark plug wires one by one, it appeared to be running on 2 cylinders on idle, and 2 plugs were= fouled..definitely number 1 and I forget which other.

So 2 weekends ago, made another trip up with new NGK plugs. put them on, checked my valves (all were fine) and fired it up. Same result....rough to start.. a lot of popping mainly out of driver's side carb. and still running on 2.

. I just need the old Single cab to fire up when I am = there, for I need it for work purposes!!

Reply to
Vanagon Man
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Sounds very much like clogged jets..

J.

Reply to
P.J.Berg

But why does it smooth out?

Reply to
Vanagon Man

Runs lean when cold, no choke on Kadrons.

J.

Reply to
P.J.Berg

Sure, but if the idle jets were plugged, it would run miserably most of the time, right? Until i got over say 2500 rpms and the other circuit kicked in........

Reply to
Vanagon Man

We can theorize about this forever, they are simple carbs, open up and clean the jets! Thats what I would do :o)

J.

Reply to
P.J.Berg

Sorry I do not want to argue, but it is obvious that you do not know about Kadrons or how to tune them...I have tuned several sets, and am at an impasse here and was seeking help from others that had actually experienced this problem. The idle jets are on the side of a kadron...8mm wrench and it is done...........but if they are plugged it will not smooth out. Not a theory, a fact.

Reply to
Vanagon Man

experienced

If a carb(any carb without cold enrichement circuit) is setup so lean that it relys on the idle circuit for cold starts, it will smooth out "some" when properly warmed up even with clogged or partially clogged idle jets.

J.

Reply to
P.J.Berg

Don't you have to use a mechanical advance distributor with Kadrons? You said you replaced the vac can which implies you are using vacuum advance distributor. Are you sure your timing is correct?

Reply to
Brian Turner

...not if you have the throttle bodies drilled for a ported vacuum signal.

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hth

...Gareth

Reply to
Gary Tateosian

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 09:28:57 -0400, "Vanagon Man" ran around screaming and yelling:

if its so simple why would you rather piss and moan instead of eliminating the idle's as a possibility...P.J. is offering good sound advice and you are pissing about not getting a cure that makes sense to YOU...but YOU don't know what is wrong? sheesh, some people JT

Reply to
Joey Tribiani

I am not pissing and moaning, just looking for someone that has experienced the same. The idle jets are obviously not the problem.............if they were, it would not be purring at idle after 30 seconds of running.

Reply to
Vanagon Man

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 10:22:16 -0400, "Vanagon Man" ran around screaming and yelling:

i believe it was John Willis or Jan that recently stated "sometimes experience wipes its ass with theory!"....trouble shoot....if you don't want to do that then join Lauren in the "i don't know what is wrong, but its not

*that*" club... JT
Reply to
Joey Tribiani

Do your self a very big favor, if you think your having problems with your kadrons send them to AJ sims at lowbugget.com old set or new he will set them up to make your engine sing.

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Kafertoys

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