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| Gcotton92203 |
 Jun 30 2014, 08:25 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 14-February 14 From: Bermuda Dunes Ca. Member No.: 17,000 Region Association: Southern California  |
OK, I'm new to this forum stuff & have absolutely no idea what I'm doing but here goes. Just got a bad running 73 2.0 and found that the only actual problem was burnt and out of adjustment ignition points. I replaced them, dialed in the dwell at 45 and the car ran fine but of course I thought I should recheck the timing. I scratch marked the original position of the distributor before moving it. Vacuum hoses are disconnected and plugged. Can't get the idle below 1100 warm but it idles pretty smoothly so I don't see that as a problem. Here's the kicker. It's showing the timing as already 27 degrees advanced at "IDLE"???? If I set it a 27 degrees at 3500 it is so retarded it just dies at throttle down. So when I have it running & idling good, I have absolutely no idea what the timing and advance really is. The last thing I want to do is damage my engine from improper timing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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| Java2570 |
Jul 3 2014, 06:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 649 Joined: 7-May 11 From: Fishers, IN Member No.: 13,035 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Type 4 has the woodruff key on the crank to locate the fan hub & cooling fan...the keys can
shear, it has happened. Two weeks ago, I noticed a light scraping sound coming from my engine. Pulled it out and found the cooling fan was coming loose and contacting the fan shroud. Also, the locating pin on the fan hub was broken off. My woodruff key was still intact though.... |
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Posts in this topic
Gcotton92203 Crazy timing Jun 30 2014, 08:25 PM
stugray How are you checking the advance?
With a variable ... Jun 30 2014, 09:28 PM McMark Yup, that's a pretty good summary. Jun 30 2014, 11:42 PM
Gcotton92203
Yup, that's a pretty good summary.
I can see... Jul 1 2014, 09:13 PM McMark Perhaps your fan has spun on the crank. It's ... Jul 1 2014, 11:21 PM Gcotton92203
Perhaps your fan has spun on the crank. It's... Jul 3 2014, 05:54 PM r_towle The flywheel won't shear.
Check TDC via the re... Jul 4 2014, 09:48 AM |
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