Move the timing to 16 and hookup a timing light and stop moving the
distributor when the light flashes. Crude but accurate enough to start.
There is no restrictor the tube serves as the restrictor.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dwight Claassen" <whest172@wheatstate.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 2:09 PM
Subject: distributor
> I have finished replacing timing gears/chains and it needed it. I am
> now trying to rough-set the rebuilt non-smog distributor. Here is how I
> understand it. With engine off and #1 cyl at TDC, the slot the dist.
> drive fits into should be in 11:25 o'clock position. If I then rotate
> engine to 12 degrees before TDC, points should be beginning to open,
> giving me an advance of 16 degrees at 600 rpm. Is this correct?
> The manual also states that there should be a restrictor in the oil
> line to the dist. I can find nothing in the dist side of hose. How
> critical is this. Am I looking in the right place?
>
> Thanks
> Dwight Claassen
> Whitewater, KS
> 68 2k
>
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