rob, thanks, we will look at the points, We went through an 8 hour traffic jam at this "great" concert we went to... and from what I hear the heat could have warped them. Sure that the wires to the plugs are correct.... we already screwed that up earlier in the summer. Will let you know what we find. Thanks master buster. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:33 PM, <wuzmop@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Plug wires routed wrong! Points are also VERY important, but have no > bearing on the compression, so the comp test wouldn't tell you that. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Biggestdaddyo <biggestdaddyo@xxxxxxxxx> > To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tue, Sep 27, 2011 9:01 am > Subject: [tcb] Re: t@p pain and jeapordy > > This seems to have "vacuum leak" written all over it. I would check the > nuts/bolts on the entire intake system for tightness. > *From:* Cari Smith <cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Monday, September 26, 2011 5:51 PM > *Subject:* [tcb] t@p pain and jeapordy > > The other Paul Smith and I have worked to get the bus back to road worthy > shape in time for T@P, but we are getting down to the wie. Here's our > problem. We have a fuel/air mix problem that we can't seem to kick. > Symptoms are a bus that does not idle correctly and Paul has to 3-foot it at > all stops. That's one on the clutch, one on the brake, and one on the gas > to keep us from stalling. The first and easiest answer is to adjust the > idle. The screw does nothing and based on our Muir book, we cleaned the > carb. Now will hold a fairly steady idle , but it's too low. When you > engage the transmission it dies. Or when you rev the throttle, on the way > back down to idle it goes too low and dies. So far we have: cleaned carb > with carb cleaner, cleaned air filter, replaced fuel pump and rod, replace > valve cover gasket (unrelated), replaced spark plugs, checked timing, run > compression test... all is good. The only thing we havent replaced is > points, but I surely would have thought fouled points would show up in the > compression test. > > Any words of wisdom, we're caught between takinging it to a mechanic down > the street for God knows how much moolah, or skipping Transporters > altogether, which really means we would still come in our pontiac and just > camp in a tent. > > Help! > Cari smith > > >