Working on the Ural

Monday - Pulled the left cylinder head and all looked good. I re-torqued the head and checked the valve clearances. The intake was tight but within specs. DomC had found a forum entry on Soviet Steeds that sounded exactly like what I'm seeing. They had the PowerArc aftermarket ignition as do I and the solution was to re-install the stock ignition. 

I also dropped off the Jeep at the dealer in Uvalde. 

Tuesday - This morning, I loosened the PA interrupter disc which is attached to the end of the cam so it makes one revolution for every two revolutions of the crank. There is one slot for TDC and multiple slots around the circumference of the disc. The interrupter disc can be seen in the picture on the left but the TDC slot is hidden under the black LED/phototransistor pickup. With the engine at TDC, I rotated the disc 180°. If there was a problem with PA, then it should fire on the other cylinder. That didn't happen which meant that the PA was probably functional. 

I pulled off the carburetor from the non-functional cylinder and disassembled it as far as I could. The needle had varnish on it and the power  was full of what looked like algae. The air tube and the main jet were partially blocked. I cleaned it up as well as I could, re-assembled it and it now ran on both cylinders though the left one was really lean under load. I think I need to pick up a can of carb cleaner and put the parts in to soak for a couple of hours. 

Wednesday - I just got an update from the Jeep dealer. A rodent had eaten through part of the wiring harness. The dealer fixed the harness and didn't insist on replacing it. I'm also having them replace the oil in differentials and the air filter. We should be able to pick the Jeep up this afternoon.

I also heard from SafeLite about the RV windshield. The glass has finally arrived in TX and now I'm waiting to hear from the glass shop, which is located in Arlington, TX. Once we hear from the glass shop, we will move the RV back to the Ft. Worth area. Probably back to Bay Landing TT as that was within the 90miles that was approved by the insurance company,