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Re: One tooth off?

To: "Henry Bahn" <hbahn@home.com>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: One tooth off?
From: "Patrick P. Castronovo" <slick1@mohaveaz.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:11:26 -0700
Put the Dizzy in the right position. ( it will not go down all the way)
until after you bump the starter several times, so the shaft comes around
and drops into the slot for the oil pump.
Pat


----- Original Message -----
From: Henry Bahn <hbahn@home.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 9:54 AM
Subject: One tooth off?


> I put one of Gary Boone's electronic distributors in m R 16 race car
today.
> (BTW, the workmanship is superb, as are the instructions - definitely
worth
> the investment -  thanks, Gary).  I used an Echlin  IC83 coil for 1979-82
> Datsun - Electronic Ignition, $57.
>
> However, I'm apparently one tooth off on the distributor gear (this has
> nothing to do with changing the dizzy it was that way before) but I can't
> figure out how to correct it. The gear has a slot (just like on top except
> it's not offset) so I think it can only go in one way  - either on or 180
> deg. off - therefore I cannot go "one tooth" before or after, or it won't
> seat flush on the pedestal (it's really easy to break the cast iron
pedestal
> by tightening it down if it's not actually seated).  Am I missing
something
> obvious?
>
> BTW, I finished 19th of 29 at the Blue Grey challenge - with an electrical
> miss (see above!) that was so bad that I"m amazed that I finished at all.
>
> Reliability is coming - slowly. . .
>
> JH Bahn
> '66  SPL311
>
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