Bill,
This sounds like the distributor drive gear is off a bit. With the No. 1
piston at TDC on it's compression stroke, and the groove in the cranl
pulley at the longest pointer. The slot in the drive gear should be in the
2:00- 8:00 O'clock position with the large offset on top. I had this same
problem with an engine someone else put together. I corrected the problem
by rotating the spark wires one position. You can also check this by seeing
where the rotor is in relation to the wire that goes to the number one
spark plug. Maybe you only have the wires set up incorrectly.
Gerard
At 5:31 PM -0500 12/31/00, Bill Mantz wrote:
>The 1275 Midget is finally back together. Started it for the first time
>last night, ran it 20 minutes while breaking in the new 270n Kent cam. I
>seem to have several small problems. Although I am positive I set the
>timing correctly, it will only start when I rotate the distributer to
>the left. At that point, it starts and runs, doesn't miss, but
>occasionaaly backfires through the carbs. A short test run today proved
>that the timing is definately off, backfiring, no power and pinging. It
>will also run only with the choke fully on, although I did noting to the
>carbs. If I start the engine, correct the timing using a light, and the
>lower the rpm by decreasing the choke, it starts to backfire. I'm not
>sure I have the vaccum advance hose connected correctly. Any
>suggestions?
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