I don't know if you have solved your power problem yet, but are you
positive the valve timing is correct? I once assembled an engine with
the cam gear one tooth out of position in the timing chain relative to
the crank gear. It performed exactly as you describe. Started fine,
just had no power at all. As I recall, in this instance, my error
resulted in a 4 degree error in valve timing, which doesn't seem like
much, but it was like night and day in terms of performance...
-Rob Root
1942 GPW
Brent McClearen wrote:
>
> LIST,
>
> I HAVE AN L134 WHICH HAD NEW VALVES AND REDONE SEATS, NEW VALVE GUIDES, AND
> NEW VALVE SPRINGS, AND HEAD PLANED BACK IN '86. IT RUNS GREAT, BLOWS NO
> SMOKE. COMPRESSION IS JUST IN SPEC. BUT THE JEEP LACKS OOMPH, FOR LACK OF A
> BETTER WORD. IT JUST HAS ENOUGH POWER TO GET AROUND GOOD, BUT STRAINS AT
> THE SIGHT OF AN INCLINE AND DOESN'T EVEN PULL A 1/4 TON TRAILER VERY WELL,
> EVEN EMPTY. NO BUCKING OR SPUTTERING, ETC. TRIED 3 NEWLY REBUILT CARBS.
>
> ANY SUGGESTIONS?
>
> MY GPW HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED IN 10 YEARS, AND WILL JUMP STRAIGHT UP IN THE
> AIR, DO A FLIP AND RUN LIKE A SCALDED DOG, BLOWING SMOKE AND LACKING
> COMPRESSION THE WHOLE WAY.
>
>
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