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Re: Dwell

To: "Dereck C" <derex39@hotmail.com>, <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Dwell
From: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 09:38:50 -0500
On that meter, I believe that you have to double the dwell
reading as it is designed for an 8cyl engine.

Rick -- with a $5 meter too -- Lindsay

> What are the symptoms of a motor with an incorrect Dwell setting?  I
finally
> got around to using my $5 Actron multitester and I don't know if it is
> working correctly.  Never used one before.  Hooked it up, red lead to neg
> coil terminal, black lead to ground.  Engine warmed up prior.  I got a
> reading of about 20 degrees.  The needle doesn't fluctuate (I expected it
to
> move a little).  It even falls a little over a couple of seconds.

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