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    1981 BJ40, B engine with fresh rebuild. I'm not through the break in period yet, but it seems low on power across all RPMs.

    Ok. That's something I'll read about today. I have no real idea what he did. On top of my ignorance, I have a bit of a language barrier, here in Ecuador. And a cultural barrier...small town...I ain't from around here...treading carefully as not to sour things. I doubt the fuel guy has ever read...
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    1981 BJ40, B engine with fresh rebuild. I'm not through the break in period yet, but it seems low on power across all RPMs.

    Well...no. I just thought if I were to have put something together, and the customer came back to say I'd done it poorly, I'd prefer to have a look at it before it had been fiddled with. But I guess that's nonsense, and I should turn it up a bit...see what happens. I should add that he wasn't...
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    1981 BJ40, B engine with fresh rebuild. I'm not through the break in period yet, but it seems low on power across all RPMs.

    Thanks to both for your input. It's been fewer than 100 km since rebuild...really fresh. No abnormal temps. I'll inspect the vac hoses come daylight. The pump was rebuilt as well, but not by the same shop. I'm reluctant to touch the fuel screw until the guy who put it together gets back, in case...
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    1981 BJ40, B engine with fresh rebuild. I'm not through the break in period yet, but it seems low on power across all RPMs.

    No trouble starting, or at idle, but just won't generate the power it had, even before rebuild. It seems almost certainly a fuel pump problem. I mean, it's timed pretty close, and there's practically no smoke, but it seems fuel starved. I'm going to have a pump pro go over everything, but my...
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