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I worked my '73 CL350 a little harder than it liked today. Got it stuck in some ruts in central Oregon. After I finally got out I found that it wouldn't stay at idle. It ran ok, but not as good as it has been.
I pulled the carbs and re synced them. Figuring I might've bumped an idle screw in the struggle to break free of the ruts. I tuned it to a healthy 1200 rpms but found I was lacking power taking off from a start.
While it was idling I thought to pull the plug wires to see any change. Pulling the left wire off the plug made no difference. Pulling the right wire killed the engine. I swapped the plugs from either side to see if it was a plug issue, but the problem remained on the left side. I took a peek at the points and saw they were sparking on both sides.
The damnedest thing is the engine still responds when I pull the throttle on the left side only. So it's gotta still be firing somewhat.
I'm not sure what I should look into next. Any tips?
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I pulled the carbs and re synced them. Figuring I might've bumped an idle screw in the struggle to break free of the ruts. I tuned it to a healthy 1200 rpms but found I was lacking power taking off from a start.
While it was idling I thought to pull the plug wires to see any change. Pulling the left wire off the plug made no difference. Pulling the right wire killed the engine. I swapped the plugs from either side to see if it was a plug issue, but the problem remained on the left side. I took a peek at the points and saw they were sparking on both sides.
The damnedest thing is the engine still responds when I pull the throttle on the left side only. So it's gotta still be firing somewhat.
I'm not sure what I should look into next. Any tips?
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