Hi All,
Thanks everyone for all of the information about distributors, very
interesting stuff. I have not checked mine yet, I plan on doing so tomorrow
and setting the timing properly. I was curious where it has been, and I
finally was able to see the marks with a timing gun yesterday. I was
originally looking in the wrong place! They were 6-7 inches below the tab on
the engine, where I expected to see them. It looked almost like a 1/4 turn
out of place. I was wondering if I put the timing gun clamp on the wrong lead
because the mark was so far from the top. I had a few questions... I used
the frontmost sparkplug lead - is that correct? Also, what might cause the
timing marks to appear closer to 8 o'clock than around 11, where there is a
marking on the engine? What would the timing be, ballpark, if the biggest
mark(TDC I am assuming) appears closer to 8 or 9 o'clock than 12 when checked
with a strobe? It runs fine, but I don't want to drive it 'til I get it timed
(and take care of all the other things that need attention).
Thanks for everything,
This list is an amazing resource,
Moon
'69 2000
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