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Re: Question about Mallory Dizzy install

To: Shannon Muncy <shannon.muncy@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Question about Mallory Dizzy install
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:11:42 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Shannon Muncy wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> As in a post I started a few days ago, I decided to get a Mallory
> Unilite distributor and convert my tach to electronic using the
> expertise of APT Instruments (www.gaugeguys.com).
> 
> My distributor is in, and I'm reading the instructions about
> installing my drive dog on the new Mallory and I get confused.  The
> instructions mention nothing about the orientation of the drive dog in
> relation to the rotor.
> 
> My question:  Is the orientation from the drive dog to the rotor
> important?  It seems to me that where ever the new drive dog is
> installed, I can always compensate by moving the plug wires on the cap
> and/or turning the dizzy.  Does this seem right?

You are much better off aligning the drive dog with the rotor as exactly
as possible. Doing so makes any "gross adjustments" a heck of a lot
easier... for example installing the distributor.
 
> Thanks for any advice,
> Shannon
> 
> 72 TR6

regards,
rml
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