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1. Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: "Paul M. Schwerdt" <ps@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 15:10:50 -0800 (PST)
Hi everyone. I am the one with the persistent ignition/distributor/timing problem. My inexperience, and lack of knowledge has kept me from correcting my problem. I have recieved lots of help here, bu
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00456.html (8,985 bytes)

2. Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: Adam Harmon <cyberman@mail.bright.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 19:16:55 -0500 (EST)
Hi everyone. I am the one with the persistent ignition/distributor/timing problem. My inexperience, and lack of knowledge has kept me from correcting my problem. I have recieved lots of help here, bu
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00458.html (9,702 bytes)

3. RE: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: "REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER" <CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:00:00 -0800 (PST)
If your timing is really off your car won't start. Flooded just means that your flooded with gas. Waiting 30 minutes will cure that as the gas will evaporate. Try turning the distributor just a littl
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00482.html (10,575 bytes)

4. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: nolan penney <npenney@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:15:32 -0800
Very *bad* mistake. But I guess you've learned about pulling the distributor by now haven't you? <g> Sounds like timing, including reinstallation being done incorrectly. How you're determining timin
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00483.html (11,960 bytes)

5. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:17:28 -0500 (EST)
It should light only when the points are separated. I'm sure we'd all like to help, but I don't think you are giving people enough info for them to diagnose the problem. The fact that you have a spar
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00485.html (11,290 bytes)

6. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: Jurgen Hartwig <gt0003a@prism.gatech.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 09:12:40 -0600
Does one really need the timing marks? Granted they are good to get your timing close to where it needs to be, as opposed to way off or 180 degrees off. I usually don't pay attention to where my timi
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00487.html (8,715 bytes)

7. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: thomas_pokrefke@juno.com (Thomas J Pokrefke)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 12:28:41 EST
On Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:15:32 -0800 nolan penney <npenney@concentric.net> Nolan: The two halves of me pulley have delaminated. This allows the outer portion (with the TDC mark) to rotate relative to t
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00493.html (8,337 bytes)

8. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: ckr <ragthyme@fls.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 13:50:56 -0500
<SNIP> Paul: Nolan gave an excellent answer for getting the timing set up. I'm not going to amend or repeat his advice ... just say he's spot on with it and follow his lead there. (small puns intende
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00495.html (9,829 bytes)

9. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:01:35 -0500 (EST)
For this crisis, put your engine at TDC and make a new mark. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00498.html (8,286 bytes)

10. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 11 Feb 1997 13:12:48 -0600
Using what sort of tool, Uncle Ray? Pestilentially yours, A. B. Bonds
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00499.html (8,293 bytes)

11. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:35:41 -0500 (EST)
<< The two halves of me pulley have delaminated. This allows the outer portion (with the TDC mark) to rotate relative to the crankshaft. Guess what? When my engine is at TDC, the TDC is 180 degrees o
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00502.html (8,620 bytes)

12. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: Jarl/Carol <deboer@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:37:07 -0800
S'cuse me for jumping in, but here is an easy way: Take out all the plugs, put car in 4th gear, place Phillips screwdriver in #1 plug hole, push car forward SLOWLY until engine won't turn any furthe
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00503.html (8,064 bytes)

13. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: GOFASTMG@aol.com
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 14:48:51 -0500 (EST)
<< Using what sort of tool, Uncle Ray? Dremel. Cousin Rick
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00504.html (7,519 bytes)

14. Re: Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: Paul Hunt <on76@dial.pipex.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 97 20:07:30 GMT
Still stuck, then. You really need to start (cruel pun not intended) with a timing light. If its flashing when you crank the engine then the fault isn't electrical, although it could still be the tim
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00510.html (7,920 bytes)

15. Re:Pulling my hair out! (score: 1)
Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 15:11:05 -0700
Condensor? I screwed up my first MGB tuneups because: 1. A fellow LBC owner told me condensors never go bad. I then went through several defective condensors. 2. Condensor shorting out on post. Be s
/html/mgs/1997-02/msg00518.html (9,007 bytes)


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