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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Rick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Which distributor do you have – the early style with the oil port or the later style that has a tri-lobe center section?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There is a Ford ID # stamped into an embossed rectangle on the distributor.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had a problem with an early style distributor because the cam in there was worn and would not let the distributor come all the way back to the Idle position.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ron Fraser<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> R Flynn [mailto:flynnr2@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 16, 2017 3:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> Andy Walker <awtiger@cox.net>; Larry Mayfield <drmayf@mayfco.com>; Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com>; Tiger List <tigers@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] Tiger won't idle after a bout of hard acceleration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Finally got a couple of hours with the Tiger today (which will probably be it until next weekend sadly) - a few updates:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- It wil begrudgingy idle on about 1/2 choke (I have a manual choke)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Found the TDC & timing marks under a bit of rust (see photo)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Could someone tell me the scale of the marks - 3 degrees each (can't see any numbers there)?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- At lowest idle (on choke) the timing light has the pointer just about the 4th mark (photo attached)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- Plugs look ok'ish (photo of no 2 plug attached)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- dizzy vac advance line itself doesn't leak, each end appears fit snugly<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- distributor seems tight, does not seem to have shifted<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>