Hey folks - picking up from my carburetor adventures http://www.roversnorth.com/forums/sh...?t=7449&page=4
I took Kevkon's advice and invested in a timing gun.
Here's what I've learned: the distributor rotates & I dont know what I'm doing.
I was actually surprised, I got the gun hooked up, pointed it down and there was the timing mark and the notch on the crankshaft...how cool!
I noticed it was a little retarded (I think - looking top down, notch on crankshaft was right of the mark)
I loosened the distributor and rotated it until the engine revved faster and the notch moved and centered on the mark...sorta, it had a lot of vibration. Hitting the throttle still produced a lot of backfire - in fact, there were flames coming out of the exhaust!
I advanced the timing further - still backfire, still shot flames...
I went he other direction, just short of stalling - still backfired.
So - am I doing this wrong, or have we ruled out the timing?
Regardless, where should I leave it? Dead on the notch aligning with the mark?
I took Kevkon's advice and invested in a timing gun.
Here's what I've learned: the distributor rotates & I dont know what I'm doing.
I was actually surprised, I got the gun hooked up, pointed it down and there was the timing mark and the notch on the crankshaft...how cool!
I noticed it was a little retarded (I think - looking top down, notch on crankshaft was right of the mark)
I loosened the distributor and rotated it until the engine revved faster and the notch moved and centered on the mark...sorta, it had a lot of vibration. Hitting the throttle still produced a lot of backfire - in fact, there were flames coming out of the exhaust!
I advanced the timing further - still backfire, still shot flames...
I went he other direction, just short of stalling - still backfired.
So - am I doing this wrong, or have we ruled out the timing?
Regardless, where should I leave it? Dead on the notch aligning with the mark?
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