RE: Timing

[Curt Dilday <cdilday@mail.win.org>]

I understand that Bosch distributors have a slight retard on the #3 cylander built into the cap to help that notoriously hot jug run cooler.  Rotating the wires on the cap will work, but that would defeat that safeguard.  Anyone else heard about this?

Curt
70 auto sb
75 Westy
Both running double ought nines.

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From: 	Toby Basiliko[SMTP:toby@gonzo.wolfenet.com]
Sent: 	Thursday, October 09, 1997 10:52 PM
To: 	rlgreen
Cc: 	type-3@umich.edu
Subject: 	Re: Timing

Well,
  If you installed a distributor 180 (or 90 or 220) degrees out, and
then moved the wires around accordingly, (or, heck, broke off the
indexing tab and just turned the cap) it would seem that you'd run just
fine!  any reason why not?
Toby B
rlgreen wrote:
> 
> Question:
> 
> Can a distributor be installed and run a 180 degrees out.  I started to
> tune up the engine in my 69 square last night.  I have a new motor
> planned but thought now's a good time to start learning how things go
> together.  I went to adjust the valves; put the motor at TDC and low and
> behold the #1 valves were not closed.
> 
> The notch on the dist faces the fan and not the front of the engine as
> in Bentley and Muir manuels.  How can you tell the engine is a TDC on #1
> cylnder.
> 
> The engine runs, but very hot!
> 
> Ron...