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floyd

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Very curious, If I set my timing using the static method which is suppose to be 10 degrees btdc, then check it using a timing light with the vacuum line off, should i be seeing 4 dedrees atdc?
 
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Hmm. Normally the timing would be the same with the retard disconnected. Are you sure you pulled the line to the distributor and not the line to the EGR valve?
 
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yes, I pulled it off right at the distributor. But....thinking about it now, i may of not plugged the line. Would that change things?
 
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floyd said:
yes, I pulled it off right at the distributor. But....thinking about it now, i may of not plugged the line. Would that change things?
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Could have, but in the opposite direction. The vacuum leak might make it idle fast, which could advance the timing (through the centrifugal advance); but you saw it retarded instead.
 
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I'm currently restoring a 1973 TR6. I have had this car for 32 years and had the engine completely rebuilt soon after I purchased it. It was stored for over 20 years and now I'm trying to get it back on the road. I'm having some timing issues I think. The carbs were sent out a month or so ago and have been cleaned and put back in good shape. They are SU carbs that I installed about 25 years ago and were only in operation about 5000miles. The engine has just a little miles more than that. When I got the carbs I installed then and was able to get it running. I have never been able to get the rotor to point to the 7 oclock position as some owners have indicated. I always come up with the 10 oclock position. Now I can't get it started at all so I though maybe I had a timing chain problem. After pulling the TC cover the chain and sprocket look pretty good. I took a couple pictures of the sprockets. In the last picture with the Number 1 and 6 pistons at tdc the punch mark referred to as C is at the top of the camshaft sprocket while the illustration in the Manual shows the proper location at about the 7 oclock position on the camshaft. Any idea of what I am doing wrong. Look forward to any help.
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If you can get piston #1 at TDC on the compression stroke with both it's valves fully closed and have the distributor drive gear with the slot in it running 1 to 7 o'clock with the 'big half' on the right hand side of the slot (pictured)....the rotor will point at the spark plug wire for spark plug #1 which would be at approx. 7 o'clock in the distributor cap.
But if if the distributor drive gear was not installed as I just described, unless you want to go thru the act of resetting it, the main thing you need to do is put the spark plug wire for # 1 in the distributor cap wherever the rotor is pointing when #1 piston is at TDC with both valves completely closed. and then proceed from there arranging the spark plug wires in the cap in proper firing order 1 5 3 6 2 4 in a counterclockwise direction.
It may look odd but it'll work.
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ADVANCE 2 and 3 002.JPG
 
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poolboy said:
If you can get piston #1 at TDC on the compression stroke with both it's valves fully closed and have the distributor drive gear with the slot in it running 1 to 7 o'clock with the 'big half' on the right hand side of the slot (pictured)....the rotor will point at the spark plug wire for spark plug #1 which would be at approx. 7 o'clock in the distributor cap.
But if if the distributor drive gear was not installed as I just described, unless you want to go thru the act of resetting it, the main thing you need to do is put the spark plug wire for # 1 in the distributor cap wherever the rotor is pointing when #1 piston is at TDC with both valves completely closed. and then proceed from there arranging the spark plug wires in the cap in proper firing order 1 5 3 6 2 4 in a counterclockwise direction.
It may look odd but it'll work.
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Poolboy, thanks for that GOOD info and the very detailed pictures. I may be communicating with you again today. I getting ready to go back down to the car and double check the TDC on compression stroke, then the position of the valves. I'll let you know. Jimmy
 
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