Static timing a distributor

[Gordon Glasgow <glasgow@serv.net>]

You're on the right track. Have the ignition turned on and rotate the 
distributor until the points
spark when opening. That'll get you pretty close.

Mitch Planck wrote:

> A question: what's the best way to statically time it? Set notch at 16deg
> BTDC, rotate distributor until it's just starting to open? I've got a
> pre-smog distributor.

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