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Re: [T3] new distributor


GarretT=> I also confirmed that the vacuum advance
=> is working using a strobe timing light and revving the
=> engine.

You might want to just check maximum advance just to verify, but it seems
pretty unlikely that you'd have problems with overheat due to too much
advance with a vac-only distributor.

=> Can anyone confirm whether the 7.5 degress BTDC setting
=> is correct for that distributor?

You're probably correct. According to my references, the engine number
matters rather than the distributor. Automatic and a few middle-period
manual-trans T engines (T 0 690 000 - T 0 691 601) were timed at 0 degrees
(why?), vac hose on; all the rest with manual trans, early and late, should
be timed at 7.5 (plus correction for your altitude, if necessary), vac hose
off.

If you have something other than a T engine, let us know.

Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
'66 KG1600

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