<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Thanks to everyone for the good suggestions and open discussion, this is how problems get solved. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This morning I moved the back plate of the pulley, with the timing mark, one hole over. Put a light on it afterwards and confirmed that I had it dead on at 4° BTDC without the light. Could have left well enough alone but it’s good to know. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">All the best,</div><div dir="ltr">Bill B</div><div dir="ltr">TS30800L</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Mar 1, 2019, at 10:37 AM, <a href="mailto:Wbeech@flash.net">Wbeech@flash.net</a> <<a href="mailto:wbeech@flash.net">wbeech@flash.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Yes Geo, BTDT too. Looking at it this morning it does appear that the next pulley bolt over is aligned with the pointer. Moving it back one hole should fix it, 🤞, stay tuned for details. <div>Bill<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my DynaTAC 8000X</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Mar 1, 2019, at 9:02 AM, Geo Hahn <<a href="mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com">ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 7:35 PM <a href="mailto:Wbeech@flash.net">Wbeech@flash.net</a> <<a href="mailto:wbeech@flash.net">wbeech@flashnet</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">..Put a light on it and, by the marks, it looks like 40° retarded at a nice smooth idle and the dizzy is in a very normal position. How does that happen?...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Just to check the obvious - if your timing light has an advance knob be sure it is set to zero.</div><div><br></div><div>More than once I have been alarmed by wacky timing only to realize I had the knob set to some high advance.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo </div></div></div>
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