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Re: [TR] changed points..........runs like chit......lol

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Subject: Re: [TR] changed points..........runs like chit......lol
From: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:52:43 -0400
On 1 Aug 2008 at 16:16, Randall wrote:

> > ...the timing has changed from 7-8 btdc to around 23 btdc.
>
> Well, the most obvious thing would be not getting the gap right,
> since that would affect the timing.  Have you double-checked
> the point gap?

True, but another question is why it moved at all.  One possibility 
is that the points wore abnormally or broke.  If the cam follower 
wore away, the timing would have moved backwards (unless I've got it 
totally wrong).  If the points burned themselves away or perhaps 
broke (which I saw happen on a Datsun 510) the timing would have 
moved forward.


-- 
Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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