How is the Pirana fixed to the inner fender? The cover does not seem to
come off and there are no screws showing from behind. I finally gave up on
mine and pulled the distributor instead (I was pulling the engine out and
had to seperate the two).
...Art
On Mon, 3 May 1999, Tom McLaughlin wrote:
> Listers,
>
> After replacing the electronic ignition in my car, from Pirana to
> Pertronix, the coil, plug wires, disti cap, rotor, and plugs, my car
> was back to running pretty good. The Pirana unit was the culprit.
> However, the car was unusually hard to start. I figured that I messed
> up the timing when I put the disti back in and it was too far advanced.
> So, I went and bought a timing light this weekend and told myself that
> Saturday was the day I learned about timing. WOW! THE TIMING WAS WAY
> WAY ADVANCED. I did pull the vacuum line and plug it and then set the
> timing too about 20 degrees TDC. Here's the problem:
>
> I couldn't retart the timing any furthur because I had to turn the
> disti as far as it would go to the left to get it to this point. I'm
> assuming I just made another rookie mistake when putting the disti back
> in. I thought I was careful about this, but obviously not.
>
> I know I need to pull the disti out again, but could someone give me
> some advice as to what I did wrong and how to correct this problem???
> I believe the disti should be about straight when the timing is right.
>
>
> By the way, the car now runs better than it ever has. It doesn't ping,
> idles better, more pull, sounds great. I will continue to make these
> mistakes, but this weekend was a great experienece for me. Saw an MGA
> at a gas station...his first words to me were, "I just put in a
> weber...best thing I ever did." Thought I'd throw that in, and I saw
> an early B driving around in the same day......great weekend.
>
> Tom "the rookie"
> 77B
>
>
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