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Re: Timing marks on a TR4

To: TR <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Timing marks on a TR4
From: Geo Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:25:34 -0700
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David Brister wrote:

>You can get it near to 4 degrees static by jacking up one back wheel, then
>turning it in top gear (which is an easy way to turn the engine in either
>direction) 
>
FWIW - I find it easier to have it in 4th and move it by pushing on the 
top of the LF tire.  Lots of leverage and you can see the mark while you 
do it.

>...Then with your vernier adjustment in the middle and the
>distributor clamping screw loose, and the points correctly gapped, with the
>aid of a timing light fiddle around till you just have the points breaking.
>Clamp it and go out on the road.
>
Just to clarify, I think David is refering to a 'test light'... not the 
type of ignition timing light used with a running engine.  Test lamps 
work great, but I use a cheapo Radio Shack digital multimeter with an 
audible continuity tester -- beeps until the points open.  Makes it easy 
to watch the mark while listening for the beep to stop.

In case you haven't realized it -- your 'weird' firing order of 2-1-3-4 
is correct though usually expressed as 1-3-4-2.  And yes, the hole in 
the pulley should be TDC.

Geo Hahn

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