to check the vacuum advance just pull the hose off and suck on it, if it moves
the point plate and holds a vacuum then it is OK if not it isn't, of course
you can use a vacuum pump if you don't want to use your lips LOL. vacuum
advance should not be active at idle, the port for it is above the blade at
idle
On 7/16/2010 1:09:26 AM, Greg Schroeder (gschroeder@comcast.net) wrote:
>
> I am starting to lean towards the vacuum advance. The distributor is one
> thing
> I have not replaced since the engine rebuild. I reset the timing yesterday
> by
> vacuum with the vacuum advance disconnected and the hose attached to a
> vacuum
> gage. I set the timing based on the most consistent vacuum instead of
> the
> highest vacuum as I had done before. The car start
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