[TR] Static Timing

[Michael Porter]

Randall wrote:
>> I have the
>> distributor positioned so the test light goes on per the 
>> Bently manual.
>>     
>
> That's odd.  Mine says to turn the distributor until the light just goes
> out.  Step 5, section 86.35.15, page 520.  It does depend on how the light
> is connected, but the diagram in the Bentley shows it connected so it will
> go out just at the point where the spark occurs.  
>
> When you find the right point, it's OK if the rotor is just slightly to the
> #5 side of the #1 post, but it should definitely be closer to #1.  If not,
> you probably should reposition the cam gear.

Just to amplify on something Randall says above, it's easy to get the 
static timing wrong if you're not paying attention to the rotational 
direction of the rotor shaft, by setting the timing on the trailing edge 
of the cam lobe.  If you were doing that, and you'd hooked up the light 
in series as the instructions read, then the light would go on because 
the points are just closing and current would then be flowing to 
ground.  That might account, too, for the variance you're seeing in the 
rotor position--it's already well on the way toward #5, the next 
terminal in the firing order. 


Cheers.

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Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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