74 Fiat 124 Spider

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Harley112
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Your car is a: 1974 Fiat 124 Spider

74 Fiat 124 Spider

Postby Harley112 » Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:11 pm

Hey guys, just bought this car, it was running like crud so i decided to scrub the tank, rebuild carb, reset points, new coil, so on. Car runs worse. Not sure of the issue. It starts and misses, and then dies. It seems like my mixture screw iant doing anything, help!
Thanks in advance!
Harley D - Salt Lake City

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Your car is a: 1975 Fiat Spider 1977 Alfa Spider

Re: 74 Fiat 124 Spider

Postby riverdadd » Sat Jan 27, 2018 6:28 am

first thing to do is replace timing belt. this will allow you to verify correct cam shaft timing as well as preventing catastrophe if old belt lets go..... its not pretty when that happens!!

after that, double check distributor cap, rotor,spark plug wires and firing order,disto timing.... never assume previous owner had it set up right........

Are you running the dual points still??

a cheap upgrade is a "pointless" disto setup..... worth the money for peace of mind , in my opinion

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Your car is a: 1974 Fiat 124 Spider

Re: 74 Fiat 124 Spider

Postby Harley112 » Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:01 pm

Is my car supposed to have a fuel pressure regulator? If so where?


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