Folks,
Folks,
I had the distributer rebuilt on my TR3 by Advance Distributers.
I have spark at the points and at the plugs but the car will not start.
At times, it will backfire out the carbs.
I assume the timing is off.
I set the static timing by having No1 piston at tdc, the rotor pointing to No. 1 on the distributer cap, and the timing marks at the pulley and marker lined up. Then, using a 12 volt light, I rotated the distributer until the light just came on and tightened the distributer. I turned the adjuster knob on the side of the distributer 1/2 turn to advance 4 degrees. I am pretty sure this is how I have always set the initial timing.
But it will not start.
I pulled the distributer, rotated the crankshaft 180 degrees and reinstalled the distributer. Reset the timing, but it did not make any difference.
While waiting on the distributer to be returned, I replaced the front seal in the timing cover. I suppose I could have put the crankshaft pulley on 180 degrees off, but I thought there was a spline/grove alignment for mating the pulley with the crank so people like me could not get it wrong.
The timing chain and associated gears were not touched.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Folks,
I had the distributer rebuilt on my TR3 by Advance Distributers.
I have spark at the points and at the plugs but the car will not start.
At times, it will backfire out the carbs.
I assume the timing is off.
I set the static timing by having No1 piston at tdc, the rotor pointing to No. 1 on the distributer cap, and the timing marks at the pulley and marker lined up. Then, using a 12 volt light, I rotated the distributer until the light just came on and tightened the distributer. I turned the adjuster knob on the side of the distributer 1/2 turn to advance 4 degrees. I am pretty sure this is how I have always set the initial timing.
But it will not start.
I pulled the distributer, rotated the crankshaft 180 degrees and reinstalled the distributer. Reset the timing, but it did not make any difference.
While waiting on the distributer to be returned, I replaced the front seal in the timing cover. I suppose I could have put the crankshaft pulley on 180 degrees off, but I thought there was a spline/grove alignment for mating the pulley with the crank so people like me could not get it wrong.
The timing chain and associated gears were not touched.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.