Gen wrote:
>He set it with
>the engine not running and said you shouldn't do it dynamically.
Then he's a fool. Some folks swear by static timing, others by dynamic.
Neither is wrong. It's all a matter of preference. The mechanic shouldn't
have projected his personal preference as solid fact.
>DOes this mean my _Dad_ is wrong?
Hardly. As you said, it ran well after he monkeyed with it. Can there be a
better test?
Could be that the jarring impact that mangled the exhaust knocked the
distributor about. <shrug> Not really important if it's fixed now.
The real point is that unless a mechanic has a garage that's consistently
full of LBC's, any advice he gives should be treated with a fairly high
level of skepticism.
"An MG? Thet takes metric hardware."
"Thar's yer problem! Yew ain't got no shocks on this thang."
"Could be sumpthin' wrong with yer fuel injectors."
etc.
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