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Re: Dizzy help..

To: cfcoker@gmail.com (Chris Coker),
Subject: Re: Dizzy help..
From: Lester Ewing <lewing@sport.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 22:12:31 -0500
Thanks Frank!

Lester

On Jul 3, 2006, at 8:21 PM, Frank Clarici wrote:

> Lester Ewing wrote:
>
>> Ok,
>>     so I went out to set the timing.. I need to advance it just a  
>> tad  BUT the vacuum advance unit is hitting the oil tube and as  
>> such no  way to advance any more...
>
> You have to move the drive gear.
> Remove the dizzy, note where the rotor is pointing.
> Remove the dizzy clamp (2 bolts)
> Under the clamp is a collar, there is a bolt on one side of the  
> collar, remove that bolt, the collar should twist out with a slight  
> tug.
> I have had them where I needed to pry them out with levers but it  
> comes out.
> Look in the hole, you will see the dizzy drive, note where the slot  
> is pointing.
> Using a long 5/16 fine thread bolt, screw it into the center of the  
> drive gear, twist and pull out at the same time and the gear comes  
> out.
> It's a bit tricky as it is disengaging from the came gear.
> Move it back a bit and twist and push it back in. It needs NO  
> FORCE, it will drop right in and engage the cam gear. NO BFH on  
> this job ;)
> Note the new position of the slots on the drive gear, sometimes it  
> goes back in the same teeth as it rotates down and in.
> If it moved back a tad, put it all back together and set the timing.
>
>
> -- 
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ




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