Hey Patrick:
Are you sure you have the plug wires in the right order on the cap??
(Maybe you started with wire one on cap tower two, and so on... it
would act the same way as if the timing chain was off...
Good luck
John
Bowen, Patrick A. RP2 wrote:
>
> OK, here comes part three of Spitfire Timing. Last night I completely
> redid the timing on my 1500. (at this point I am getting quite fast at it)
> I can reuse the main oil seal, and as for the timing cover gasket it was
> reusable as well. But here is the problem. I checked, double checked, I
> even asked my WIFE! if everything was lined up, as it definitely appeared
> so, I proceeded. Well during the installation I stripped out the bottom
> bolt that goes into the Timing cover (any good answers on how to fix this
> one). I completely reassembled everything and it still runs the same way.
> It runs at proper timing (10 deg BTDC), but runs better at about 30 deg
> BTDC. I am having a hard timing discerning what is happening here. Am I
> just imagining things, and it is in fact OK? Have I inhaled two much
> exhuast which would prevent me from lining up two bricks, much less dots?
> Or is it possible that the dots on my sprockets are slightly off/mismarked?
> What is the best way of fixing this, and determining exactly what is
> happening? Is there a secret to lining these things up, mine is awful hard
> to determine. My wife is really sick of driving me to work and starting to
> curse the car, Besides, I am getting really sick of redoing the timing
> every other day.
>
> Please help, and many thanks.
> Patrick Bowen
> '79 Spitfire
> Jacksonville FL
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