Subject: Re: timing questions...still
Author: Patrick Hayes
Date: Sep 9, 2002, 1:05 PM
Post ID: 1710977283
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In a message dated 9/9/2002 12:38:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
chris-@charter.net writes:
| Also, the distributor stops turning a good centimeter or so before the end of the adjustment slot is met. This is from the teeth being off too, right? Lastly, which way is the distributor turned to advance? |
On the inside, the rotor spins clockwise as the engine runs. So, turning the
distributor clockwise will retard spark and turning it counterclockwise will
advance spark.
What do you mean it stops turning before the end of the adjustment slot?
After years of use, the clamp bolt vibrates a groove into the surface of the
adjusting arc. I'd bet you are catching on that groove. Remove the clamping
bolt completely and it should spin all the way. Next time you have the
distributor out in your hand, file the adjustment surface flat and square
again.
Patrick
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/9/2002 12:38:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, chris-@charter.net writes:<BR>
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so before the end of the adjustment slot is met. This is <BR>
from the teeth being off too, right? Lastly, which way is <BR>
the distributor turned to advance?<BR>
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On the inside, the rotor spins clockwise as the engine runs. So, turning the distributor clockwise will retard spark and turning it counterclockwise will advance spark.<BR>
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What do you mean it stops turning before the end of the adjustment slot? After years of use, the clamp bolt vibrates a groove into the surface of the adjusting arc. I'd bet you are catching on that groove. Remove the clamping bolt completely and it should spin all the way. Next time you have the distributor out in your hand, file the adjustment surface flat and square again.<BR>
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Patrick</FONT>
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