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Recent content by Joe-dick

  1. J

    I installed a catalytic converter on my Miata powered series 2

    You're smoother running is likely due to more accurate feedback from the O2 sensor rather than a change in exhaust flow or pressure. The cat is a pretty effective muffler though. Ages ago I had a customer come in with a full size late seventies Pontiac. Someone had removed the catalytic...
  2. J

    Before a button up clutch question

    You've already gotten the correct answer to your question, but I thought in the interest of edification I'd add the 'why'. Your pressure plate is a "Diaphragm" style in which the fingers you see radiating out from center are all part of a one piece dish (the diaphragm) whose outer rim supplies...
  3. J

    25 D distributer question

    As stated above, the most common reason for running-on or 'dieseling' is throttles too far open/ high idle speed. I'm surprised that you said retarding the timing stopped the dieseling. Usually retarded timing requires larger throttle openings to maintain idle speed which exacerbates dieseling...
  4. J

    Crimp vs solder

    Typically auto connections are crimped to prevent vibration fatigue of the wire immediately adjacent to a solder joint. The solder is rigid and forces any wire movement, even at the vibration level, to be concentrated just where the solder ends. I always preferred solder joints because I knew...
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