Points and Dwell setting, Yes I forgot how...I know !!! YOU DUMBASS! Options

[Steve Thacker]

I can't for the life of me rember how to set dwell properly on cars. I have been setting points since I was a teenager. I get this thing on a crane optical back when I first bought the car in 2000 and it went belly up last week.

I put in new points, cap, rotor ( non rev limited), condenser, sparkys, wires oh yea a new coil in the car before I began
( back to simple old skool). yea right.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

Firing order on wires set to 1-4-3-2 CW.

I set the points to .016 and I can get the car started. I put a digital meter on the
+ and - on the coil and got the car to start with some dizzy turning
( damn it is sensitive).

Well... the dwell on the meter is showing 88.8 and yes it is set on dwell. I go back make sure the point shoe is straddling the lobe on the dizzy shaft and check the gap again. Still at 016. OK I'm good... Then I proceed to start the car up again and get my timing light in place to set the timing. I set the timing light dial to 27 degrees and point it at the timing whole and look for my marks. I have the old lady rev it up to 3500 and hold it steady (great gal she is). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I look for the white mark as I'm adjusting the dizzy and pull it into view and place it in the V notch. I have her take her foot off the pedal and I take over. Well...the damn car will not rev past 4k when it is floored!

The throttle body butterfly is wide open and the car is laboring.

Fuel pressure is at 29lbs and steady

(Adjusted valves back a year ago and have only put 40 miles on the car)

What gives...am I missing something simple here?

Please help fellas I'm pulling my hair out. Must be halfziemers setting in.

[tod914]

You change the dwell by readjusting the points. The feeler gauge only gets it close. So you'll have to change your point gap slightly one way or the other to get your dwell set to 47 degrees. I think.. you'll have to widen it. Hope that helps. My dwell meter I have to doulbe the value on it. Good point Too.