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Offline Chevygold

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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #30 on: April 22, 2024, 05:18:32 AM »
Fired up the truck on the old home made Chinese plug leads and all was good so then I decided I'd fit the Accel leads that came with the MSD and now my tacho is dancing all over where with the old leads it was steady, seems to steady up once the revs get up a bit but at idle it's crazy!

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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #31 on: April 22, 2024, 02:28:51 PM »
Replace the old leads one at a time with the Accel leads. When it starts acting up - you will know which is bad. Could just be a bad crimp!
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #32 on: April 22, 2024, 06:57:09 PM »
Sounds like your tacho is dizzy  8)
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #33 on: April 22, 2024, 07:23:01 PM »
Dem little green leaves in dem dizzy tachos aint cilantro, my friend!!   WooHoo!!!    ;D
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #34 on: April 25, 2024, 03:50:48 PM »
It's got me that dizzy I've gone back to getting the interior back together, could do with some of that herbal mixture to cure my headache!
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #35 on: April 25, 2024, 04:01:47 PM »
Think I'll put my diagnostic rig on and see what the traces look like on the screen for each cylinder.
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #36 on: April 28, 2024, 05:59:04 AM »
Double check the firing order. Make sure you didn't cross 5&7
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #37 on: April 29, 2024, 09:30:17 AM »
Pretty sure FO is good, I checked double checked and then checked again just to be sure but will look again, one thing I noticed was all was good at first start but after running for 5-10 minutes the dancing tacho started again, above 2500 it's steady again then back to idle and back to its tricks again.

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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #38 on: June 06, 2024, 04:10:55 PM »
Finally escaped home maintenance duties to have another look at this, yes firing order all correct, ran diagnostics and found using the cylinder cut test 5 and 6 cylinders were doing very little, changed out the plug leads on 5 and 6 for known good ones will go for a road test next and see how it goes, still got the dancing tacho though :-(
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #39 on: June 06, 2024, 05:38:36 PM »
I love cilantro
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #40 on: June 08, 2024, 04:49:35 AM »
Never heard corriander called that, Google is your friend!

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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #41 on: June 08, 2024, 09:48:59 AM »
Different parts of the same plant.  The plant is called coriander.  In cuisine, cilantro generally refers to the leafy parts of the plant; coriander typically relates to the seeds from the plant.  Each has its unique flavor and usage.

But, we diverge...    8)
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #42 on: June 08, 2024, 11:01:51 AM »
Google is not actually our friend, they manipulate peoples searches with naferous codes.
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Re: No vac dizzy
« Reply #43 on: June 08, 2024, 06:14:49 PM »
Google is not actually our friend, they manipulate peoples searches with naferous codes.

Google, used to be your friend. Those days are gone!

Next time you make nachos, I dare you to dump a bunch of coriander seeds on it instead.   ;D
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