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Old 09-08-2003, 08:39 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: pinging

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Originally posted by leftturn109
I've got a 1965 plymouth valiant i just put a new short block in and got it running but it doesn't idle smooth on the stock timing so i moved it till it sounded good and smooth the head is about two years old so i know the parts there are pretty good but when i climb hills it is pinging my dad says its nothing to worry about but i don't always trust him id like some mo opinions on the matter.
Advance the alternator...my van did the samething I turned it ever so little (counter-clockwise) then tighten. take for a drive see what happens...some times you have to turn it diferent wasy to get it perfect.
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