New Series 3 dist. install question.

[1973series3]

You might want to check your plug leads as well, and move them all counter clockwise/clockwise by one spot if you are running out of spin.

We marked them and them matched the rotor position during the switch and then installed the cap the same so this should be fine.

It does not feel like it is missing anything, just like a non-turbo diesel now.

This engine runs really well and purrs like a kitten.

Well, it ran really well before I swapped parts, now it is a little flat.

When I get off work someday, and will finish tweaking on it. Seems like it needs to allow more movement with the pinch bolt.

I probably underestimated what I could accomplish with that............

Glad you guys are so forgiving of us newbies.

There is a lot of great info from you all.

[lumpydog]

Another thing to consider here when setting up a brand new distributor from scratch: Vacuum advance setting. You need to check/set this and you can actually use your timing light to test when the vacuum advance kicks in - but, you need a vacuum pump/gauge.

Vacuum advance is supposed to kick in at 102mm (4in.) HG. When I setup my new distributor, I attached a vacuum pump/gauge to the vacuum port on the distributor and used my timing light. I used the pump to slowly create vacuum and watched where the vacuum gauge was when the timing mark started to advance. My distributor did need some adjustment to get the advance to kick in when the vacuum was at 4in.