Extremely rough idle.

[Custom/20]

Originally Posted by 72_swb

is it a flat tappet. When you said you checked the lifters did you pull them out? just curious.

no. I just checked to see if they were collapsed by pushing on the rockers and seeing if they went down. All are good. I have also checked the rocker travel and none of the lobes are flat. A combination of my timing being retarded and the carburetor being out of adjustment must have been my problem.