Hi George,
My old 82 200 did that when I first got it, turned out the vaccum hose from the
bottom of the carby to the distributor had a crack in it. Check the condition
of all your hoses.
Hendrik
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Subject: [MBZ] No torque (was 72 250 no vacuum advance)
Hi all,
I moved the vacuum from retard to advance, RPM's are at 1800 at idle and 52'
@ 4500 RPM w/Advance just like the manual states.
Took her out for a spin. Everything was great until I reached the first stop.
Then she stalled. took quite an effort to get her going again. I think because
there was a little dip in the road.
Brought her back to my place and stopped on the driveway. The driveway is a
little incline, about 30'. No matter what I did, the car did not have any power
to get up the hill. Flooring the pedal did nothing.
i had to put it in reverse to a flat spot and get a running start.
Any ideas?
Thanks
George
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> Sounds to me like your spark timing is ok...the car should idle at
> 800-900 rpm. Set the speed with the idle adjustment screws on the carbs.
>
> If your idle is abnormally high, make sure the fast-idle cam isn't
> sticking. It's in the front "choke housing."
>
> One more obervation regarding the distributor. If I were looking for
> reliable, (relatively) low-maintenance service from this car, I'd get a
> Pertronix electronic ignition module to replace the original
> transistorized ignition. I friend of mine has this setup in his W114
> coupe and it is excellent. I find myself fiddling with the points in my
> car a lot, but I don't drive it that much. If I did, I'd get a Pertronix
> unit installed.
>
> Russ
>
>
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