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| posted on 24/3/05 at 01:40 PM |
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Another reply!
Basically, the way i always set timing up roughly to start with is get no 1 piston at TDC on compression/firing stroke, (take out the plug and put
your finger over the hole and wind the engine over slowly in the correct direction and you will feel the cylinder come on compression) then wind it
back to the appropriate timing mark on the bottom pulley (only roughly at this stage) then take off the dizzy cap and make sure the rotor arm points
to no 1 lead in the cap. If not then turn the dizzy till it does. If it won't go that far then you may need the pull the dizzy up and reposition
it on it's drive down in the block. Once you have the crank on the timing marks, no 1 just before TDC and the rotor arm pointing at no 1 then it
will start up.
You then connect up your strobe light (borrow one from a garage if you don't have one) and (with the engine stopped for a mo!) put some tippex
on the 14 deg BTDC mark, then at tickover with the strobe pointed at the mark, make sure it ligns up with the pointer. If not, slacken the clamp bolt
and twist the dizzy (usually better to tap gently with a small dinky hammer) until it does.
Remember that turning the dizzy the same was it rotates retards the timing, turning it opposite to the way it rotates advances the timing!
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Benzine
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| posted on 24/3/05 at 01:44 PM |
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Great, all tremendously helpful, thankyou 
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