Could a slipped harmonic balancer cause this problem?
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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA
The only thing to do is to turn the distributor body until the ignition
timing is correct. Use a Xenon stoboscopic light. If you are not
familiar with the procedure have it done by a competent mechanic.
Replacing the distributor and/or fitting an electronic ignition will
throw of the timing.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Jorge Garcia wrote:
> I have not been able to start my BJ8 since last year when I replaced the
>starter. The engine cranks, the spark plugs fire, there is fuel in the carbs
>and fuel lines but the car refuses to start. This has been a problem that has
>plagued my car since I bought it many years ago.
> I decided to go for the basics and try to set timing manually and remove the
>valve cover to check valve clearance as I rotated the engine.
> I connected a lamp at the coil and the grounded the other side. I rotated the
>engine by hand to TDC - crank pulley mark matched up to timing indicator on
>timing case. Turned ignition on and the light did not come on. I rotated the
>engine to 10 deg BTDC (with ignition still on) and the light still did not
>come on. I started rotating the engine clockwise until the light came on. This
>happened when the crank pulley mark was approximately 2" past TDC.
> My question to the group is does this mean that cam timing is off (way off)
>because of a problem with the timing chain which I suspect is the original
>with 80k miles on it. Or is the distributor stuck in wrong? The distributor
>was rebuilt a couple of years ago and reinstalled by my mechanic. It did run
>after that but it was always very difficult to start.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Jorge
> PS - The points were replaced with a Pertronix unit a few years ago.
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