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help wanted with mk2 escort engine<not running right


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hey can someone give me a hand looking at a 1300crossflow with a mis, (backfires etc)

have tried a number of things still cant get it right and its fucking me off,

properly need a compression tester

just PM me if you can come around and have a look

Cheers

David

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hahaha i just put a 1300 in mine and its got the same issue gonna have a play around tonite on mine

what things have you tired on yours?

new plugs?

new leads?

timing?

points?

condenser?

another coil?

dizzy cap and rotor?

setting the rockers?

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yeah, it came with pretty new:

NGK plugs

8mm leads

ive changed the dizzy over to a recond one with a new cap and rotor,

timing is fine

ive set the tappets

cleaned out the carb,

soapy water check on the vaccum lines etc

havent changed the coil yet,

also need to do a compression test

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Haya i gt a compresion tester if ya wnt?

free tonite or tomorrow

Cheers for coming around tonight!

Results were

N:1 127

N:2 128

N:3 129

N:4 134

i guess this is right for a 8.0:1 compression assuming is the low compression engine, someone might know what i should expect?

I changed the coil, that fixed it, only thing is the coil that came out is a newish looking on from

repco, had 3.5ohm across it, 9v across the terminals when the car was running, I put one of those bosch blast coils in with 1.5ohm as that's all i had lying around, seemed to run fine with no ballast resistor, but only had 3v across the coil?

isnt the resistor supposed to drop the voltage from 12 down to 9? not sure why its showing only 3, But anyway runs well for now, took it for a drive!

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