Ignition timing problems

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Mustangsupra

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Oct 28, 2006

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• Oct 28, 2006

• #1

we first hooked the timing gun up to #1 spark plug wire and checked the timing, 10 deg. was on the opposite side it was supposed to be on. We put the timming light on all the other spark plug wires and got nothing close to where it was supposed to be. Sometimes it would be on the bottom but not anywhere near where it was supposed to be. What the hell is going on????

thanks

jeremy

 

HISSIN50

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Oct 28, 2006

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• Oct 28, 2006

• #2

Are you real sure you're reading the balancer correctly?

Look for signs that the elastomer on the balancer is bad and allowed the outer ring (what the timing marks are etched into) to slip.

Good luck.

 

Bosko5.0

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Oct 29, 2006

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• Oct 29, 2006

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the computer bumps timing by 10degrees i think i had myne running at 28 atc funny it ran better than at 10 degrees but my balancer was going also i didnt pull the spout connector.

 

Rains

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Oct 30, 2006

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• Oct 30, 2006

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hahahaha hooked it up wrong, didn't we Jeremy?

Well, all is good now... well, as far as timing goes...

 

1TallMF

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Oct 30, 2006

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• Oct 30, 2006

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I once forgot to pull the spout and was kind of freeked-out when it read 28deg after I set it to 12deg just a couple weeks beforehand....