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So - I adjusted the valves and it made a world of difference. Thing idled and ran smoother, even with the retarded timing. I started to play with advancing the timing again. I took videos inside the engine bay and fed them to ChatGPT and it did a frequency analysis of the audio. It was also...

Hmmm. The noise in the video (especially apparent towards the end with the on/off throttle at 3000rpm) does change volume and onset with timing - louder and earlier with advanced timing. Just typing a stream of consciousness… Intake side shouldn’t affect this. At one point I thought it...

Indeed

I also thought it was valves a few years ago. I adjusted them with no change. But it’s time for another adjustment regardless so I will do that and see if it helps at all this time! Thanks Skreddy.

Hi All, Going to be a while until I can get to any tear down diagnoses, but I took pictures of the engine bay and a video of "the noise". Includes acceleration and holding around 3000 RPM at different loads. It changes with load and timing. And the pictures

The results are in... The middle two cylinders are sad (remember how I said Cyl 3 looks the worst). The rest are above the 150 mark. They were probably higher when the rebuild was new. 165 160 110 :( 135 165 165 --------------- I went back through my notes app and actually do have a test I ran...

Good point, Steve. I will do that tomorrow and report back.

Not actively smoking besides when I intentionally make it rich (with the 240 jet). Does consume a bit of oil though... And more than it drips I think. But nothing crazy, maybe a quart or a little more in between oil changes. Unfortunately engine guy is across the country in Arizona (long story)...

1. The cam timing - I suppose that is a possibility. The thing generally runs well except for this issue, though. I can pull the timing cover if nothing else solves the issue. Thinking about it though - If it was off in either direction, wouldn't there be less mixture getting into the cylinder...

It did do this with the old carb and dizzy. I also richened up that carb and had put in that mechanical stop on the advance armature to get it running with minimal knock, though not none. Vac advance is capped off on the carb. I got this setup in hopes that it would be a loosely "stock" correct...

That was one thing I forgot! This is all with using 93 octane. When I still had the stock distributor (again with no advance hooked up, and with a Weber until last month), I put in a little rubber stopper to mechanically stop the advance. This was far from scientific so I don’t know how much...

Hi Guys, I'm at my wit's end. I have tried what seems like everything trying to chase down why this is knocking / pinging / detonating (using all the terms for the searching folks in the future :)) and I just cannot get it to stop. Details: '84 FJ60 - 2F rebuilt a little less than 30,000...

So the plans are solidified and I will be out of town that weekend :(. I look forward to next year though and any trips that may happen in the meantime!

Thank you! Looking forward to meeting you as well. Unfortunately the Tercel has been stuck in the garage for almost a year with transmission issues, which is the Achilles heal of those. It’s half the reason I got the Cruiser in the first place. Need to drop the transmission and try to work some...

Hi! My name is Andrew and I live in Metro Detroit. Just got my 60 series last weekend. I'd love to get to know some Michigander Cruiser owners. I'm a tentative Me + Pup (camping in the truck on the property on Friday and likely Saturday). Currently trying to solidify plans w/ family and...