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Subject: RE: timing

Author: Jesse Open

Date: May 10, 2003, 5:21 PM

Post ID: 1712943748



There is a slight tolerance in the breaker cam profile between the two
cylinders. There is plenty of room to fine tune the timing by altering
the points gap on one or both cylinders. A little variation in dwell
does no harm . It is more important to get correct timing.
PEHA-@aol.com wrote:
 In a message dated 05/09/2003 7:06:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mjon-@yahoo.com writes:


 If it lights too soon, the point gap is too
small, and vica versa. Adjust the gap accordingly,
then re-adjust the left cylinder, which will now be
off just a smidgen. Then re-check the right cylinder
again, ad infinitum.

If I do the left cylinder properly and accurately in the first place.
How
the heck can the gap be too small? Unless there is something wrong with
the
distributor lobe? I just did the gap for the left side. I just set it
microscopically perfectly. If I do ANYTHING to those points I'm going
to
screw up the perfection I just did. I repeat, if you do the left
cylinder
accurately and you find the right side to be early or late, your only
option
is to adjust the timing for a compromise so that one side is early and
the
other is late in equal amounts. You can't go back and touch the points.
If
I can't be reliant on my gap and timing for the left cylinder, then why
should I have any greater reliance or dependency on my ability to set
the
right side cylinder?

Patrick

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