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Subject: indexing a dist.
From: Daniel Neuman <dneuman@quark.sfsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:42:01 -0700 (PDT)
> Hello All,
>   A little off topic but generally V-8 related.  A friend of mine was 
> working on his old ford truck.  Its got a ford V-8. The problem is, is 
> that the timing point has been broken off some time in the past.  He 
> pulled the dist off for some reason and forgot to index it.  Now we 
> can't tell if we put it back exactly right.  How could we go about 
> figuring out how to put it back in with no timing marks and no idea 
> which way it should go exactly?  We thought we had it right but the 
> engine would not 'go' at higher RPM's. Lots of power down low but nuthin up 
>top.
>    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
DOes this mean that the dist is set to advanced or too retarded?  We are pretty 
sure we need
to move it a tooth we just want to be sure which way.
 Thanks,
   Daniel 69 2000
   Oakland CA

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