these friggin little four poppers dont't have enough humps on the points cam to get em to break so you can can a intial gap for dwell.
the idle has been geting a bit rough so i did some detective work and cleaned up the points instead of replacing them cause i don't have any with me and i'm csob. and put em back in and "F" with em for about a 1/2 hr till i get em to 42% cloise enough. now snowflake runs nice again. i'm gonna have to get one of them electronic coversions. i dont wanna have to do that again.

Itsa easier iffin you pop the cap...make a mark on the case, dizzy where the rotor's pointin and pull the dizzy.

So says Slits......


But Ron runs crane/allison in his cars

yeah i thought of that after i'd been doin it awhile.

it's real, REAL easy if you open up the ends of the holes in the hinge arms of the engine lid, so you just loosen the 2 bolts a bit, side the damn thing back, and remove it entirely. makes timing a breeze too.

k

your a smart guy

QUOTE (rhodyguy @ Feb 11 2006, 04:04 PM)

it's real, REAL easy if you open up the ends of the holes in the hinge arms of the engine lid, so you just loosen the 2 bolts a bit, side the damn thing back, and remove it entirely. makes timing a breeze too. k

Joe Sharp taught me that trick...


Haven't done it yet though.

If you mod the engine lid to be removable can you keep the torsion springs or do you lose those?

The springs stay on the lid, so all you do is slot the bolt holes for the lid.

you think it makes points and timing easy...carbs are nothing after the mod. unless you like bending up like a pretzel and tweeking your neck in the process.

k

one word...Pertronix

8 words. carry a set of points in the glovebox, (4 more) a feeler gauge too.

k

3 bucks for a set of point...

Or mmmm 125 for petronics...
And for most people that I have seen install them here...it takes two sets to read the manual...so the first set is blown...

It will be many years before I can justify petronics...

Rich

Pertronics=about seventy bucks, here in Phoenix

Yes, get the polarity correct the FIRST time.

John

QUOTE (Flat VW @ Feb 11 2006, 07:58 PM)

Pertronics=about seventy bucks, here in Phoenix Yes, get the polarity correct the FIRST time. John

25 sets of points.

I change mine once or twice a year.

so 12 years anyways....

Rich

why reinvent the wheel?

k

QUOTE (rhodyguy @ Feb 11 2006, 11:43 PM)

why reinvent the wheel? k

"PerTronix".

I like to think of it as "Retail Therapy".

Or, "One less damn thnig to worry about on this ol' thing"

=-)

Roger