Advance/Retard question

[Nanoose]

Does it make a difference?

In considering the beer timing question...I'm wondering if the type of beer makes a difference or, more importantly, what is the proper beer to have when owning a Land Rover?

From a technical perspective I'm wondering if the a "thin" beer like Budweiser gives a different reading than a Stout from a local micro-brewery? Does the specific gravity or alcohol content make a difference? Hmmm, I think I'll need another beer to ponder this question.

Of course I also wonder that drinking something other than a British beer would somehow offend the mechanical sensibilities of my truck

Finally, I'm also struck that the most appropriate beer is simply the cheapest or, better yet, some that your friend happened to bring. This would allow more money for spares...

I think I need to spend less time laying under the engine...

Dave

[brucejohn]

Well, I can't speak for what is right. I used an American union made beer. Seemed to work, finding that rough spot has made a considerable difference in her. I am even wondering if I should wait to rebuild the carb for now.

I must admit though I have been thinking I need a Newcastle or a Fosters.

[Nanoose]

I was thinking Bud, PBR or Schlitz would be perfect. They were the beer of my youth and I really don't get them all that much in Canada. The American beers that are imported just taste different to me for some reason...I'm heading down to Oregon next month, maybe I should stock up...for timing of course.

[badvibes]

gotta be a bottle, can't see thru aluminium.....

I too learned of "beer timing" my Rover from scott. But I must be doing something wrong. I can get my truck timed with less than 1/2 a beer but scott always seems to need 3 or 4 beers.....

[scott]

I too learned of "beer timing" my Rover from scott. But I must be doing something wrong. I can get my truck timed with less than 1/2 a beer but scott always seems to need 3 or 4 beers.....

it's not a matter of how many or what kind....my favorite beer has always been the next one.

[LaneRover]

I too learned of "beer timing" my Rover from scott. But I must be doing something wrong. I can get my truck timed with less than 1/2 a beer but scott always seems to need 3 or 4 beers.....

You can't rush art . . .

[brucejohn]

You can't rush art . . .

or genius...

[badvibes]

time for the next one?

or genius...

or scott.....

[scott]

or scott.....

dude, that hurts

[thixon]

dude, that hurts

Scott, take it as a complement. All the greats took their time. It took Michelangelo 4 years to paint the Sistine Chapel. Gutzon Borhlum knocked around for 14 years sculpting Mt. Rushmore. Gustov Eiffel took a year to build the Eiffel Tower, but he had a team of french laborers to help. The Great Wall of China took centuries to complete.

In 200 years, beer timing will be the accepted norm. Only then it will be called "Scott Timing," in honor of its genius inventor.

[scott]

Scott, take it as a complement. ....In 200 years, beer timing will be the accepted norm. Only then it will be called "Scott Timing," in honor of its genius inventor.

trav, i tried to take it as a compliment but think about it. one posters speaks of the artisians another the geniuses and my bud believing i was left out (meaning i don't fall in to those groups) throws my name up there.

anyway i am hurt by badvibes back handed insult. and to make him pay i offered up my wife's lr3 to use while we figure out what's wrong his 88, figuring the guilty feelings will just tear him up. he declines my offer and takes my 88 instead, curse him...

i must admit i did not invent the beer timing, read it on one of them uk boards years ago.

[badvibes]

trav, i tried to take it as a compliment but think about it. one posters speaks of the artisians another the geniuses and my bud believing i was left out (meaning i don't fall in to those groups) throws my name up there.

anyway i am hurt by badvibes back handed insult. and to make him pay i offered up my wife's lr3 to use while we figure out what's wrong his 88, figuring the guilty feelings will just tear him up. he declines my offer and takes my 88 instead, curse him...

i must admit i did not invent the beer timing, read it on one of them uk boards years ago.

Ooops my bad, guess I need new reading glasses, I thought LaneRover was talking about his friend Art and brucejohn was talking about his friend Gengis. So I posted about my friend scott.....