57 inline 6 235..Popping,Sputtering

What color is the electrode on the plugs? Light tan? Brown? Black?

 

Made it right on time

 

This thread refreshes quick, you'll have it running before the dial up crowd hits the 2nd page

 

That's funny

 

Plugs looked a little .. ashy.... and they were new.. FYI...

 

And did you finish setting the points? Rotor back on? Cap back on?

 

black...

 

Sounds like it was the points. You should try firing it up.

 

Can you take pics and post with your phone? Just a thought
Plugs sound fouled from misadjusted points

 

New plugs look a little "ashy". Heavy?...or just super light?

 

Rotor and cap.. Back ON...

 

Yeah, if you installed the points right out of the box, there should be a BIG difference already.

 

They do look black ashy..sooty

 

I would've had him start the motor to check for an improvement, but he's got the plugs out, so we'll deal with that right now and then run the engine after the plugs are back in.

 

a light ash..it wipes off with my finger.. looks like ..Black layer of dust on them

 

10-4 on that

 

Sounds good Ricky

Just waiting... Impatiently

 

When I lived in Santa Paula Ca. I had some friends that belonged to the Los Borracho Motor Cycle club, that was in the 60-70's

 

Pic

 

Nice Gap.

 

Black and sooty. That alone can make an engine run like shit. There's a reason for the soot...either lots of blow-by (burning oil) or rich fuel mixture. Have you noticed smoke from the tailpipe? What color?...blueish? black? A heavy exhaust smell?

Regardless, you're gonna have to take a few minutes and clean the plugs. Have you got some carb cleaner or something similar? Put the plugs in a small jar or can. Put some solvent in there. Carb cleaner is preferred. Got a wire brush? Or at least an old toothbrush? Try to get the bristles down in the sparkplug as you clean them. After you've cleaned 'em up as good as you can, and driec them off, take a piece of fine sandpaper and run it between the electrodes a couple two or three times. Got compressed air? Blow them off good after the solvent and again after the sandpapering. Then re-gap the plug.

 

That's what She Said...

 

You got it back together? Got pics of the plugs?
It sounded like they were fine

 

I got all the above...OK..Cleaning Plugs..Back in 5 Min....

 

Now you get back to work, no time to be funny, it's getting past my bed time.

 

The soot just wiped off easy right?
Was running rich from poor points gap.
It happened to me first time I tried to "adjust" my points on the old 216 lol

 

FYI..I could smell it running Rich...No Real Smoke out of the pipe." Very Light....But..Smelled Very Fummie..

 

Sounds like a kickass club

Wonder if they're still around?

 

Yeah, chances are that the plugs are ok...but we're just trying to cover our bases here. Oh...and make extra work for Sloppy...lol. He's got his hands full...following our bs, taking pics, typing replies, in addition to doing the work!

Sloppy, you make a judgement as to how much you gotta clean the plugs. If blackness was real light, no real need to use solvent...just clean 'em a bit with the sandpaper and re-gap to .040.

 

Quit typin and get wrenchin, I'm getting sleepy lol