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levi Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:50 pm

Well it had to happen eventually....
Driving out of Oaxaca I noticed the engine is misfiring sometimes.
Interesting though, with revs the engine still runs great. But, when I let it come back down to idle it starts stumbling around.
Thinking I'll change the plugs, and I looked at the rotor in the dizzy and it's badly pitted so that'll have to go, and then, ........?

mlf Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:07 am

after the tune up ,the next one would be the o2 sensor :D

cnskate Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:38 am

Good luck keeping it running down there. If you do break down, just stay and eat avacodos and mangos for the rest of your life.

Oaxaca is a great place, huh? Try to get to Apoala near Nochixtlan if you have a penchant for backcountry adventure. It's essentially considered the Garden of Eden by the Mixtec.

levi Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:49 pm

Found my problem.......... :D
After replacing the plugs and rotor had no effect, there's just the tiniest bit of play in the shaft that holds the rotor ( maybe 1/64" ? ). So, at anything other than idle the speed of the rotating shaft centers it and there's no misfire. But, at idle, it's allowed to wobble just the tiniest bit and then I get a stumbling misfire. Very strange. Anyone heard of this happening?



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