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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>We’re talking about an Ignitor ie NOT an Ignitor II. In a positive earth BJ8.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The timing may be all to hell. I’m in the UK; the car’s in Paris.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let’s say that the clamp bolts “may somehow have got loosened” during the initially successful swap from points to Ignitor the other day. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(Yes, it’s an old Ignitor but it was NOS, boxed and unused, in the boot when the car was delivered.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now, I’ve been looking at my accumulated notes on Static Timing etc with a view that we may have to go down that track, if it proves that we have air, fuel and spark but not necessarily in the right order!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve accumulated a lot of info over the years which is primarily a Good Thing, but sometimes I find conflicting information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For example, one source says that the Ignitor II cannot be static timed. Another source implies that all EI’s, including Ignitor IIs, can be timed by putting a multimeter across the coil’s primary connections.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Another one says:- “<span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line'>To begin the timing exercise you must statically time the engine at around <b>10</b> degrees BTDC. With the engine at <b>10</b> degrees BTDC on the firing stroke align the distributor so that the points are just about to open or in the case of an electronic distributor <b><i><u>so that the stator and rotor tips are just aligning</u></i></b>. Lock the distributor enough to stop it moving. Ensure that the vacuum advance retard is disconnected and the tube plugged. Start the engine and let it idle, adjust the timing with the engine running to <b>10</b> degrees BTDC and lock the distributor.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line'>(Ignore the 10° advice.) With reference to an Ignitor…..does this apply? And what is the “stator”? I can “assume” that it’s the little curved black box of tricks? Does this or could this apply to the Pertronix? Seems a bit inaccurate……one would have assume that the critical alignment point in the “stator” was prec.isely in the centre of the inside of the curve??..... I suppose one could try the voltmeter across the coil method and see where the rotor was in relation to the “stator”?? Any thoughts??? (A lot of “assumes” in the last paragraph)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img width=809 height=533 style='width:8.427in;height:5.552in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D28437.68C2CBB0"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line'>Has anyone any tips on static timing an Ignitor? I’ve timed them, but never had to go back to Stage One ie I’ve used a timing light and made adjustments to a running engine rather than go back to basics where the timing is completely out and the engine won’t fire at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line'>Any help would be much appreciated and doubly so in Paris!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line'>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>