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Originally Posted by Bstocky
(Post 4797980)
so can I pull the distributor up and rotate it back counter clock wise?
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Turn the engine over till the timing mark is on 8* compression stroke. Take the cap off and see what wire it is pointing at.
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Bstocky, get your boat going?
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How old is your balancer? I've seen balancers way off too.
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Pull # 1 spark plug. Place your finger in the hole. Have someone bump the starter until you start to fell compression and stop at this point. Note how the timing marks are lined up on the balancer then hand rotate the engine to align the balancer mark-groove with the pointer. Pull distributer cap and note which wire location the rotor is pointed at. If not at #1 or REAL CLOSE remover the distributer and re install it so it does point to # 1. You will need to slighlty rotate the rotor counter clockwise to account for the gearing. As stated it may be necessary to rotate the oil pump slot to line up with the dist.
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Spark timing
Originally Posted by Bstocky
(Post 4797923)
I have verified they are the right spots. When I set my timing gun to 8 degrees and shoot the crank, it’s past 60°, when I twist the the distributor and start getting to 50 and 40 the rpms start climbing much higher.
coil they rarely fail.Bring cylinder one to tdc and set the distributor to #1 on the cap and line up the points on the pick up coil and lock down the distributor.Timing should be right on based on the calibration which you can’t change. |
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