Wasn't me, Bob! I also adjust the timing by loosening the clamp bolt (when
it needs more than the micro-adjustment). I am,however, careful not to
tighten the clamp too much, in order to prevent damage to the distributor
base.
Lawrie
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
To: mvheim@studiolimage.com <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, May 01, 2000 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: Another Timing Question
> That's always a dilemma, isn't it. Give too much detail, however
>important, and one risks overwhelming the person with the question. My
>wife teaches kindergarten and gets me to come to class to do her nature
>classes, small animal projects, etc. I struggle to keep things
>sufficiently basic for K kids, who have limited vocabularies and 3-minute
>attention spans.
> I had been adjusting distribs by loosening the clamp bolt in MGBs for
>about 20 years before I first saw mention of the clamp & bolt assy issue.
>I think it was Lawrie who mentioned it. TDs have the simple clamp bolt
>design, and the two rigs do appear similar. Sure would be bad news to
>destroy a distributor, so his mention caught my attention.
>Bob
>
>
>On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 16:00:11 -0700 Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
>writes:
>> Yeah, I know about this trick, but I didn't want to confuse a
>> self-declared novice with something that wasn't well documented in
>> the
>> manual (actually, I didn't realize they even mentioned this). Plus,
>> if
>> there wasn't enough adjustment available there, he'd have to do the
>> clamp
>> bolt thing anyway. Might as well get it straightened out once --
>> shouldn't have to dink with it again anytime soon.
>
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