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Re: distributor

To: "Dwight Claassen" <whest172@wheatstate.com>,
Subject: Re: distributor
From: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 19:15:15 -0400
Move the timing to 16 and hookup a timing light and stop moving the
distributor when the light flashes. Crude but accurate enough to start.

There is no restrictor the tube serves as the restrictor.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dwight Claassen" <whest172@wheatstate.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 2:09 PM
Subject: distributor


> I have finished replacing timing gears/chains and it needed it.  I am
> now trying to rough-set the rebuilt non-smog distributor.  Here is how I
> understand it.  With engine off and #1 cyl at TDC, the slot the dist.
> drive fits into should be in 11:25 o'clock position.  If I then rotate
> engine to 12 degrees before TDC, points should be beginning to open,
> giving me an advance of 16 degrees at 600 rpm.  Is this correct?
>    The manual also states that there should be a restrictor in the oil
> line to the dist.  I  can find nothing in the dist side of hose.  How
> critical is this.  Am I looking in the right place?
>
> Thanks
> Dwight Claassen
> Whitewater, KS
> 68 2k
>
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