Max, your suggestion seems to be the consensus so I'll try it tonight.
Thanks much.
Another lister replied privately and was asking about my idle speed. I
do have it a little fast, 1500RPM. (okay maybe way too fast, but when
it wasn't running too great, I had to do this) Forgive me as I have
not read the manual yet, but I don't know if this is fast enough for
the mechanical advance to start to advance. Here's my rookie opinion.
When I took the dizzy apart to put on the Pertronix, it was dirty as
hell and I think the mechanical advance may have been stuck so that it
wasn't operating properly. Well, I cleaned everything and could have
unstuck it. Perhaps now that it is unstuck and maybe the spring is a
little worn and the fact that my idle is a little high is causing
mechanical advance at too low engine speeds??? Maybe I really am
reaching and should go back to lurk mode...any thoughts.
Tom
77B (learning about this timing thing)
--- Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com> wrote:
> Hmmm, I *think* the only way your distributor can be
> in wrong is if the
> drive gear is backwards (180 degrees off), which
> generally means you
> aren't running. It seems more likely you've got the
> plug leads rotated
> around the cap. Pull each lead and move it to the
> next socket, moving in
> a "retarding" direction (without it in front of me I
> forget which way
> that is). That will retard things 90 degrees, then
> you rotate the whole
> distributor back in the advancing direction as much
> as necessary (try
> 60-70 degrees to start). The idea is to get the
> "sweet spot" into the
> middle of the adjustable area.
>
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