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Re: [T3] Can't get the point gap right



--- Mark Healey <marksvw@healeyonline.com> wrote:
> After puting in the new FI parts and them all
> seeming to work so far I
> am trying to ajust everything to stock specs.  The
> only problem is
> that I can't get the dwell right.  On my 8 cyl meter
> it always reads
> about 20 degrees.  According to muir closing the
> points increases the
> dwell.  Using my feeler guages I went as low as .010
> and it still
> reads 20.
> 
> The points and condenser are new.
> Phil again I forget that some people have not been
working on these type three's for forty years like I
have .I forgot to tell you that the dwell should be
set at 44 to 52 degrees that would be 22 to 26 on the
8 cyl scale
> 
> 
> Mark Healey
> 71 FI auto square
> 71 FI manual square
> marksvw@healeyonline.com
> 
> 
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