Dynamically, with a timing light.
In this case, the marks don't go anywhere. You can just barely see the tip
of the TDC pointer, and if you stick your finger up behind the balancer
pulley, you can feel two or three more pointers out of sight. These would be
5, 10 and 15 degrees, I believe. Haynes says 10 degrees is correct for the
69. I scribed a mark back on the cover in line where I felt the 10 degree
pointer to be, to use for reference. (On this subject, is there a
possibility that the balancer has been replaced by one with a bigger
diameter?)
I didn't drive it, actually (it's not licensed yet), but both of us were in
my B for the British Car mag Drive to the Sea on Saturday, so we had a good
feel for how a "normal" stock CBB should drive.
on 9/10/01 10:33 AM, Andrew B. Lundgren at lundgren@byu.net wrote:
> Did you time statically or dynamically? I do mine dynmically and the marks
> don't go down to where you think they ought to. (only about 10-15deg) Mine is
> set out at 30 or so IIRC...
>
> And make sure you aren't driving a V8 right before you take the 18GX out for a
> spin... :)
>
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Max Heim wrote:
>
>> One anomaly with the car is that it was hard to set the timing, because the
>> timing marks were not visible behind the balancer, as if the little pointer
>> prongs had been bent back. I managed to bend the large TDC pointer up so
>> that it was visible, but the two or three smaller pointers don't seem to
>> extend far enough to clear the rim of the balancer. Anyone with this vintage
>> of B have any advice on this issue?
>> --
>
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