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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> No matter what distributor you are running you should always check to see if the weights are retuning correctly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had an HEI distributor that the grease dried out and the weights were slow to return and they were probably slow to move while driving.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A little cleaning and some better grease and it was working wonderfully.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Timing is everything<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 4:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com>; 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><p class=MsoNormal>Aftermarket Malory Pertronix optical ignition - has been performing fine for a good long time, seems in fine nick.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, 16 Sep 2017 at 16:35, Ron Fraser <<a href="mailto:rfraser@bluefrog.com" target="_blank">rfraser@bluefrog.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Rick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> 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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>There is a Ford ID # stamped into an embossed rectangle on the distributor.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ron Fraser<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>From:</b> R Flynn [mailto:<a href="mailto:flynnr2@gmail.com" target="_blank">flynnr2@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 16, 2017 3:11 PM<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b>To:</b> Andy Walker <<a href="mailto:awtiger@cox.net" target="_blank">awtiger@cox.net</a>>; Larry Mayfield <<a href="mailto:drmayf@mayfco.com" target="_blank">drmayf@mayfco.com</a>>; Ron Fraser <<a href="mailto:rfraser@bluefrog.com" target="_blank">rfraser@bluefrog.com</a>>; Tiger List <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] Tiger won't idle after a bout of hard acceleration<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- It wil begrudgingy idle on about 1/2 choke (I have a manual choke)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- Found the TDC & timing marks under a bit of rust (see photo)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- 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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- 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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- Plugs look ok'ish (photo of no 2 plug attached)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- dizzy vac advance line itself doesn't leak, each end appears fit snugly<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>- distributor seems tight, does not seem to have shifted<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>