Sometimes the distributor just gets stuck and it requires a serious amount
of twisting to turn it once you have slackened off what - from your
description - appears to be the correct bolt.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Harris Goldstein <hgoldstein@ibm.net>
To: mg digest <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 7:30 AM
Subject: Adjusting Timing
>I'm having difficulty in setting the timing on my '74B. I loosen the
>nut on the collar (the bolt that sits along-side the block and runs
>perpendicular to the shaft), but I can't turn the distributer - at least
>with moderate pressure. Don't know how long its been since the last
>time it was adjusted (I've had the car since last summer).
>
>Am I loosening the correct 'thing'? Is there something I'm missing?
>Thanks in advance.
>
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