[TR] Static Timing

[oliver]

randall - correct me if i'm wrong - the closed points create a ground, and 
opening them allows the electrons to flow on through to the spark plug.

and that is why nothing works if you install the points incorrectly - they 
create a continous ground.  btdt


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Static Timing


>> My question is am I looking for the points to open or close
>> with the static
>> timing at 12 BTDC?
>
> The spark happens just as the points open.  Seems kind of backwards, but
> that's the way it works.  Charles Kettering was some kind of mad genius!
>
> Randall
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