OK, here comes part three of Spitfire Timing. Last night I completely
redid the timing on my 1500. (at this point I am getting quite fast at it)
I can reuse the main oil seal, and as for the timing cover gasket it was
reusable as well. But here is the problem. I checked, double checked, I
even asked my WIFE! if everything was lined up, as it definitely appeared
so, I proceeded. Well during the installation I stripped out the bottom
bolt that goes into the Timing cover (any good answers on how to fix this
one). I completely reassembled everything and it still runs the same way.
It runs at proper timing (10 deg BTDC), but runs better at about 30 deg
BTDC. I am having a hard timing discerning what is happening here. Am I
just imagining things, and it is in fact OK? Have I inhaled two much
exhuast which would prevent me from lining up two bricks, much less dots?
Or is it possible that the dots on my sprockets are slightly off/mismarked?
What is the best way of fixing this, and determining exactly what is
happening? Is there a secret to lining these things up, mine is awful hard
to determine. My wife is really sick of driving me to work and starting to
curse the car, Besides, I am getting really sick of redoing the timing
every other day.
Please help, and many thanks.
Patrick Bowen
'79 Spitfire
Jacksonville FL
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