F mifiring---AGAIN

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F mifiring---AGAIN

mikeyboy1
 my 76 Fwas misfiring.once again cleaned carbs.new point & condensers,reset timing.ran great for about 30 miles.shut it off,went into a store,came out 5 min. later & she barely got me home.missing & backfiring bad.I'm getting spark to all plugs. took off the points cover & once again one set (2&3) is sparking REAL brite.the other,not so much.theyre set rite. any ideas? this is really gettin to me.
thanx  Mike
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Your points should NOT be sparking! You probably have a bad condenser on that set of points. The condenser is supposed to absorb the excess voltage when the points open to keep them from sparking, and burning themselves up.
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1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
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mikeyboy1
than Tools.a buddy of mine said the same thing.I'll put a different one .it's brand new !!
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Your buddy is a wise man.
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Life is not about the number of breaths, you take, but the moments that take your breath away.
I don't have an anger problem. I have an idiot problem. Hank Hill
Never confuse education for intelligence.
Happiness is a belt fed weapon.
I just can't imagine what could go wrong.
No fire? No explosions? So whats the point of your story?
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
It couldn't be done, but the darn fool didn't know it, and did it anyway.
We all got problems. Ksharp
I like vintage bikes because they take me away from the clutter of technology that I work with everyday and back to a simpler time of mechanical elegance and simplicity.. "ninadm"
Darkwing Duck: The worst part of public transportation is the Public.
"That is awesome shit there" Re-Run
"Fear nothing, attack everything" Eric Berry
" Oh, you read that on the internet? Clearly it IS a massive problem. Of course it CAN’t be normal operation."

1976 CB 750-A X 2
1977 CB 750-A X 4
1977 CB 750-K
1976 CB 750 F
1981 CB 750
1966 Kawasaki SG 250
1981 KZ 750 LTD
1973 CB 350
1979 CM 185 Twinstar
1982 Honda XL 80
South of Eden (Kansas City MO)