So I did a tune up today. The car starts right up and runs much harder off the line than before. But I found a few interesting things...
There were 7 bosch plugs and one autolite. Gaps ranges from out-of-the-box huge, to correct .034 each one was gapped different. The points were burrnt, the cap was dropping plastic bits into the distributer.
I can't find a timing pointer. It's not where it should be. I think it's missing. So I can't set timing. It feels OK now though...
The next thing was firing order. The #1 marked distrributer wire goes to cyl #2! The firing order is not close to the book. But it runs perfect.
What does this mean?
Could this be why the pointer was removed? Would it not run if I tried to get the timing marks to line up? I bet if I put a light on there the marks would be off the chart.
Maybe the distributer was installed wrong, or the timing chain was incorrectly set during the rebuild?
My dwell meter no longer works. I set the point gap at .027 with a feeler gauge. It seems fine.
Chilton says counter clockwise distributer rotation. With ther cap stamped
"1" (with a wire going to cyl #2) the order is: 2 6 3 7 8 1 5 4...is this familiar?
There were 7 bosch plugs and one autolite. Gaps ranges from out-of-the-box huge, to correct .034 each one was gapped different. The points were burrnt, the cap was dropping plastic bits into the distributer.
I can't find a timing pointer. It's not where it should be. I think it's missing. So I can't set timing. It feels OK now though...
The next thing was firing order. The #1 marked distrributer wire goes to cyl #2! The firing order is not close to the book. But it runs perfect.
What does this mean?
Could this be why the pointer was removed? Would it not run if I tried to get the timing marks to line up? I bet if I put a light on there the marks would be off the chart.
Maybe the distributer was installed wrong, or the timing chain was incorrectly set during the rebuild?
My dwell meter no longer works. I set the point gap at .027 with a feeler gauge. It seems fine.
Chilton says counter clockwise distributer rotation. With ther cap stamped
"1" (with a wire going to cyl #2) the order is: 2 6 3 7 8 1 5 4...is this familiar?