In a message dated 9/14/00 11:39:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
lloydt@Colorado.EDU writes:
> This may be a silly question, but how exactly does a fellow crank an
> engine by hand? Like, for example, when adjusting the points.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tim Lloyd, omaha@tmbg.org
Tim,
Actually you do not need to even rotate the motor at all.....what you can do
is loosen the distributor and rotate the distributor to where the points are
open to the maximum on the distributor lobe. Then use your feeler gauges to
set them.
Next thing would be to set the timing and tighten down the distributor. If
you still have all the original stuff on your disributor, notice that there
is a little plate with numbers on it, just above the tighening bolt...you can
set it (distributor position) back to the same spot to be pretty close.
Now would also be a good time to hook up a dwell meter to it.....get the
dwell reading (I have mine written down somewhere in the truck, like 28-30*
if I recall), and keep the dwell meter under the seat for the ineveitable
time that the points catch a pit and the truck won't start...then you can
pull out the little emery board that EVERY points person should have under
the seat as well, clean up the points, blow'em off, and use the meter to
reset the dwell if needed...eliminating the use of feeler gauges.
Mike
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