I am a home garage semi-mechanic who has inherited a problem. I recently
acquired a 51 Willys Wagon that was in the stages of restoration. The engine
was rebuilt and assembled but not running. I hooked up the carb and spark
and am having a devil of a time with the timing. The firing order on the
F-134 4 cylinder is 1/3/4/2. With the 5 degree BTDC mark indexed in the
timing hole, the rotor should point at 4 o'clock and the number 1 plug.
Trouble is, it won't run that way. If I move the plugs back (clockwise), so
that the number one plug is at 7 o'clock and the 3 is at 4 o'clock and so on,
it starts and runs but has no power and seems to stall or lean out when power
is applied.
The oil pump is installed correctly, the distributor appears correct. I am
assuming that the timing marks on the timing gears are correct and more than
that I am stumped! Even at the running stage, it will not time as the
painted line on the flywheel is not showing up in the timing light at any
position of the distributor. Could my oil pump gears be off?
Anybody out there help a struggling home mechanic? This is a new one for me.
Hugh Mills
Kansas City
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