Jayrz
Jedi Trainee
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Ok guys, please refresh my memory as the last time I re-timed a Midget or Sprite I was 17 years old and had just gone to the Go-Gos/Flock of Seagulls concert the night before.
To re-time or check the timing on my 63 (should be 62) Midget, I should dis-connect the vaccum advance and set the timing to 8 degrees. And if very close I can adjust with small knob on distributor. Correct?
Problem is I keep expecting the idle to slow after the vaccum advance is disconnected and nothing happens. So next I checked the the vaccum advance mechanism by applying some vaccum and watching the plate with the cap off. There is NO movement. Now I have a distributor off the 1275 I am planning on building and when I apply vaccum to it the points plate moves the way I expect it to.
So is there a difference in the distributors vaccum action between the 63 and the one off this 70 1275 motor? I am thinking perhaps the vaccum advance on my car is froze or something.
Thanks in advance guys
Jay
To re-time or check the timing on my 63 (should be 62) Midget, I should dis-connect the vaccum advance and set the timing to 8 degrees. And if very close I can adjust with small knob on distributor. Correct?
Problem is I keep expecting the idle to slow after the vaccum advance is disconnected and nothing happens. So next I checked the the vaccum advance mechanism by applying some vaccum and watching the plate with the cap off. There is NO movement. Now I have a distributor off the 1275 I am planning on building and when I apply vaccum to it the points plate moves the way I expect it to.
So is there a difference in the distributors vaccum action between the 63 and the one off this 70 1275 motor? I am thinking perhaps the vaccum advance on my car is froze or something.
Thanks in advance guys
Jay