Ok, I'll make this as short as possible. 1960 Jonny 18 HP. All new ignition parts, but plug wires, rebuilt and tuned carb, points set at .20. It doesn't want to rev at idle, I mean hardly at all, when the line is at start, thats a low idle just enough to keep it running. It'll start and sit in neutral and run all day long, but won't rev very high at all. Was this motor not ment to idle very high? To get it to rev at a decent rate in neutral is to lean it out so much that it dies when put in gear. Sometimes, if trolling or at prolonged low idle in gear it'll cut out, and have a hard starting again. I've went though the low speed needle 20 times or more. I've got to thinking, could it be that my top crank seal has been spent? I don't see any oil on the plate, or bleeding though from coil slots, but a little bit on the seal itself. I've got a seal on order, but I need to know how to install it. <br /><br />Next, where can I pick up some plug wires, and what do I need to get? The wires are getting a little damaged, and I cut them to get rid of some of the bad, but unfortunately I cut them a little short. Now it tends to pull the top plug out of the coil. It'll make a connection and scream at WOT, then loose the connection and only run on one cylinder. Runs real rough at the mid range, but I think the sync is off justtttt a little bit, and the spark is working hard at that range anyway and the bad plug connection could be contributing. Any suggestions with the mid range as well? <br /><br />Sorry for the long post, but I wanna make things as clear as possible. If you guys can give me any info, that'd be great!<br /><br />Oh, and by the way, compression is absolutely great, took the head off and the cylinder walls look brand new, and the pistons hardly have any carbon on them.
