Dave,
It's a relatively easy process to change the distributor timing 180
degrees. Remove the distributor, remove the spring retainer for the pin in
the drive dog on the bottom of the distributor shaft, slide the pin out,
rotate the drive dog 180 degrees, reinstall the pin and then the spring
retainer and put the dizzy back on the engine.
Don't forget to move the wires to the correct positions in the cap.
This applies to both U-20 and R-16 engines.
Stan
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At 06:50 AM 11/4/01 -0800, Dave Mehl wrote:
>Hello again,
>
>The other day, I stopped in to visit a friend who has a 68 - 2000. I needed
>to look at his throttle return springs to help identify which in my spare
>parts box were correct for my car. While looking at his engine I discovered
>that his #1 spark plug wire was in a different location (180 deg. off) on
>the distributor from mine. (I have just rebuilt my engine and did the proper
>timing setup on it.) His engine has about 5000 mi. on a complete rebuild and
>has been running pretty well set up this way. It does foul plugs #2 & #3 and
>he has to clean them often. His mechanic told him that the rings on these
>two cylinders hadn't seated properly and this was the cause. Is it possible
>that his timing is off just enough to cause this problem? The shop manual
>didn't mention any difference between the 68 & 69 U-20 engines in this
>regard. I can reset his timing to the correct position but it seems to run
>pretty good for him. Sooo... Do I fix it, even if it ain't broke?
>
>Thanx again for all the help,
>
>Dave
>SRL311-10444
>NOWROC
>
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