charles,
my vac. points right at #3 spark plug.
One way to set it up is to:
take off the rocker cover,
turn the engine until the timing mark is at the TDC pointer, and both valves
for #1 cylinder are closed.
You can now arrange the distributor so that when the drive dog meshes, the
rotor will be at the terminal for #1 plug.
[I'm pretty sure that some dizzy's were configured 180' opposite from others
but unless this is a replacement, you should be fine. Even then all you'd
have to do is change the leads(swap 1&4,swap 2&3)]
You should now be able to fire it up and fine tune things.
Andy
If you don't have a timing mark then you can remove #1 plug and put a long
pencil or similar in there to indicate when the piston is at the top of its
stroke.
>From: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
>Reply-To: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
>To: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Distributor / timing question
>Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:24:14 -0500
>
>Dear List:
>
>To which cylinder (or between which cylinders) should my vacuum unit point
>in order to give a good approximation of where my timing should be set?
>Midget currently is not running, and I suspect that the distributor
>orientation is the culprit, as it may have come loose from its mounting
>bracket. I'd like to do a finer timing adjustment, but with the car not
>running, I am not quite sure what a mid-range setting would be.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Charles
>'74 Midget (just discovered I have electronic ignition)
>cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
>Bloomfield, NJ
>
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