Matt:
As was stated earlier, turn the drive gear one tooth. We have always found that
the distributer worked best closer to 12/6 than 11/5 on the drive gear.
Good luck
Dan & Susan
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From: "Matthew A. Smith" <matthews517@earthlink.net>
> Thank you all for the immediate replies,
> Graeme, Andy, John, Leigh, Pete. Between you guys, I think I have my answer.
> Plug wires are correct. I did pull the dist stand to alter the position of
> the gear. I did start (every time) at TDC. Since the car is, and has been
> running well, the crank and valve timing are correct. The correct valves are
> closed in time with each compression stroke for each cylinder when rotating
> the engine by hand. Since I have not altered the timing by removing the
> head, timing chain, or other such part, I now believe that I can fix the
> issue by rotating the gear a little at a time to achieve the desired result
> without adverse effect.
>
> Sorry the orig note was so long. I tried to get all pertinent info in there.
>
>
> Lovin you guys!!
> Matt Smith,
> And Loreli (she's guna be a little bit zippier 70' Silver Solex!)
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