- 1. setting the ignition without marks (score: 1)
- Author: "Evangelos G. Makris" <emakris@hol.gr>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:43:21 +0200
- It looks like the timing marks (notches) on the front engine cover are missing so I have no point of reference to set the ignition against. Is there any "practical" method for doing it and be within
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- 2. Re: setting the ignition without marks (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 10:16:16 -0800 (PST)
- you could find top dead center manually and make a mark and pointer from the top of the engine. Then you could time it with an adjustable strobe or make more marks for 5 and 10 degrees. Ulix Ulix __
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- 3. Re: setting the ignition without marks (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 17:21:53 -0500
- Evangelos I set the dizzy vacuum advace to point at 1:00, this is reasonably close to firew it up. If it kicks back while cranking, push it back to 12:00, perfect timing is somewhere inbetween. (prov
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- 4. Re: setting the ignition without marks (score: 1)
- Author: Greg Mahney <mahney@central.murdoch.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 08:48:28 +0800
- I'll be interested in other responses to this. One method, not widely supported on this list (for good reasons if you have the correct marks) is to use a vacuum guage. You connect up the guage to the
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- 5. Re: setting the ignition without marks (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Gigante" <mikeg@vicnet.net.au>
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:54:11 +1100
- I'll just add you want to find TDC on cylinder # 1 and mark it in the damper Mike
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