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#7750 05/18/05 05:48 PM
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I've got a mildly-built 181 Mercruiser engine in my Model A. I've got two Carter/Webber carbs on a homemade intake.

It has been running great, idling smooth and accelerating like a bat outta helloooo....but all of a sudden, it developed a dead miss on cylinder numbers one and two. When I rev it up, it clears up but has a lot less power...which indicates to me it's running on just one carb.

I took the carb apart, cleaned it (no sign of debris) and replaced it. Checked for vacuum leaks, timing, even did a compression test (It has 155 lbs on each cylinder).

The engine still runs at lower RPM like a John Deere! Rev it up and it clears up....just like before. Nothing I've done has helped. Folks, I sure could use some help!


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Dear Dennis;

Start with a compression test.

Good luck, John M., #3370....


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John, he did a compression test, 155 each cylinder


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Maybe you could try a unisink to balance the carbs. mike...

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Do you have a pic of the intake??& carb set up??

Also have you tried to swap the carbs To see if the miss moves to 3-4 to prove it maybe a carb issue?? Because It almost seems to me as a Elec. Issue NOT carb.

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#7755 05/21/05 01:59 AM
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Dist cap, rotor, coil....possibly


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D;

Try to move the manifold carb assembly by hand when idling. See if idle speed changes.

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I'm thinking John H. could be on to something.A leak on the intake can drive you wonkers trying to diagnose.Good luck.


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Well, I appreciate all of your suggestions, but I've done everything you suggested, except switch carbs. I'll do that tonight. This is beginning to drive me nuts; it just began all of a sudden! Maybe those 1983 Carter/Webbers Carburetors is too advanced for my 1940 single-barrel brain!


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Dennis. I think Tom Langdon could shed some light on this. He sells these and he certainly has the background! I've never had him say he's to busy to answer my questions.


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I was thinking exhaust might be leaking into the intake of 1&2. Homemade manifolds require a little "shake down" sometimes.

JM...


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I talked to Tom last night and he gave me some suggestions. I'm gonna try to spend the day tomorrow on the Model a and see if I can get it sorted out.

John, the engine was running good for almost a year, with no problems...this just sprang up all of a sudden. I've been driving it up and down the country roads around here with only the chassis, doing buurn-outs lie a kid (I'm 64 going on 14, my wife says) and then with the unfinished body mounted. (I'm sure a Pennsylvania trooper would have loved to catch me doing that!) Now it's almost ready for the road and this problem comes up!


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Check your condenser,


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Hey, I found the reason for the dead miss on cylinders number 1 and 2. The intake gasket, beneath the 1/2 intake port was leaking.

When I was trying to find the miss before, I sprayed WD-40 around gaskets at the carbs and between the manifold and head...with no change in missing. However, today I sprayed WD-40 UNDER the intake manifold, at the gasket, and the engine sped up!

Instead of using the metal-reinforced gaskets, like the originals, I used heavy duty gasket material...not good! It couldn't hold up. One more lesson learned!


Lord, let me live long enough to do all the projects I have planned!

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