I finally got to work on the Vega today. I checked the timing (6 degrees, but should be
, then I adjusted the carb the best I could. Then went back and set the timing. No vacuum, in neutral, idleing. When I revved it up, the timming did not change with the timing light. It stayed at 8 degrees. Um, isn't the timing supposed to increase as the rpm's increase because of centrifcal force? If you lok at one of my past posts in this thread, I stated that I took apart the top of the distributor while still in the car and cleaned the weights off. When it went back together, I see the timing was off by 20 degrees. Sounds like the ditributor is not advancing which is causing the dying out under load. Driving around the block probably just used enough rpm and load where the vacuum advance was making up for no mechanical advance.
What's the solution? New rebuilt distributor from ebay ($27), or take out and really clean the one I have? Mark
The only Vega's that only had a little rust were the ones still on the assembly line.