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Old 08-25-2019, 08:52 PM   #16
geezer#99
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Re: estate sale purchase- recommended order of maintenance

Possibly your harmonic balancer has slipped. Put it back at 20 and see what it does.
20 won’t be accurate but at least it should idle better.
Could be a vac leak on the base plate to carb body gasket.
Or possibly throttle shaft worn.
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