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1. Timing (score: 1): Author: GuyWeller <GuyWeller@aol.com>; Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:05:37 EST; When static timing switch on the ignition and radio, tune to off station and turn up the volume. As you turn the dizzy as the spark jumps you hear it loud on the radio Guy UK; /html/spridgets/1998-03/msg00450.html (6,471 bytes)
2. timing (score: 1): Author: robert weeks <robert@woozy.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 20:35:32 +0100; I've never heard this one before, which leads me to ask: Just what are Midget owners with stock 1275s setting their stroboscopic timing to? My bently book says 13 degrees BTDC at 1000 rpm with the va; /html/spridgets/1997-11/msg00366.html (7,208 bytes)
3. timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 12:18:14 +0100; Hi all, I've just fit an electronic ignition into my 1500. The instruction leaflet says that timing will need readjusting. Is there any way I can guess at this without forking out for a timing light?; /html/spridgets/2004-05/msg00088.html (6,428 bytes)
4. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 05:46:37 -0700; Hello Antony, i've been watching timing lights on ebay... you should be able to pick one up for about half retail... .. -- Best regards, Bill mailto:pythias@pacifier.com "66 Sprite; /html/spridgets/2004-05/msg00090.html (6,571 bytes)
5. timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 17:31:34 -0700; Hello spridgets, i just made a WONDERFUL discovery... if one of these engines it timed at about 5 degrees advance, it runs much better, has more power, and the KNOCKING goes away as compared to the 2; /html/spridgets/2003-06/msg00406.html (6,760 bytes)
6. Timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 18:04:00 -0400; Yesterday I tried to set my timing using a 30 year old timing light that either worked or it didn't. yesterday it didn't want to work (I think I may have found the problem? read on). So today I splu; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00681.html (8,077 bytes)
7. Re: Timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:30:06 -0600 (MDT); Sounds pretty strange, maybe some crosstalk or some such interference problem. At least the #4 works, so you can still set your timing. mjb. /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00684.html (6,596 bytes)
8. Re: Timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:17:26 -0400; Not sure if it makes a difference but if the dizzy drive is in a tooth off, would this give you some funky timing reading? I used a timing light once on a Sprite, and quickly reverted back to time i; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00692.html (7,350 bytes)
9. timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:10:58 -0400; Hey there, I'm having trouble setting the timing on my 1275 sprite... I must be doing something stupid, but I can't figure it out: I have the inductive pickup clamped on the #1 plug wire, power leads; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01281.html (7,541 bytes)
10. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 17:55:23 -0400; The distributor drive *may* be off a tooth or two. If you can not get the timing close because the dizzy hits the engine or oil pipe, the drive is off. Remove the dizzy, set engine at TDC, the drive; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01304.html (8,194 bytes)
11. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:06:02 -0700; The crankshaft dampener pulley is a two piece affair. The outer ring weight is originally vulcanized to the inner section. As our cars have aged, the rubber hardens and cracks, and even allows the tw; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01326.html (10,180 bytes)
12. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 00:48:32 +0100; Good explanation. My problem is that I have damaged hearing and cannot detect the ping of pre-detonation from other engine noises, although I do know what it is suppposed to sound like! However, my; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01377.html (7,745 bytes)
13. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:53:05 EDT; Remember Guy..."There will always be an England, for when the final engine is shut off, it will still be running on." Robert Houston Santa Teresa, NM '74 Midget 63 TR4 ...I always wanted to be a proc; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01418.html (7,425 bytes)
14. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 16:27:03 EDT; Guy and others: Keep in mind that when you turn off your ignition, your plugs can no longer supply a spark, so the timing can have nothing to do with run on. However, a hot plug can be acting as a gl; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01439.html (7,368 bytes)
15. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:23:02 -0400; However, if the timing is too far advanced the engine will be running hot, (no?) which will promote run-on..... <dnw> 1972 Midget 1998 Safari 1999 9-3 1964 (Me) longer However, a the likely high; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01445.html (8,003 bytes)
16. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 23:03:29 EDT; <However, if the timing is too far advanced the engine will be running hot, (no?) which will promote run-on.....> Good point, however my BJ8 runs 180 - 190 degrees (normal range) and still likes to r; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01470.html (7,140 bytes)
17. Fw: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 07:38:09 -0400; Another reason for the run on is carbon deposits on the pistons. Do you know if the pistons are free of carbon? It is more likely that the deposits retain heat than the spark plugs... Kent hot, stayi; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01484.html (7,563 bytes)
18. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:43:07 EDT; - - - - - - - - - - - - Correct. But if the ignition timing is sufficiently off, the cylinders, plugs, head and valves get hot enough to cause dieseling. So improper timing can cause run-on, even if; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01492.html (7,468 bytes)
19. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 10:43:16 EDT; - - - - - - - - - - - - The coolant temperature may not indicate that the head is overheated, if the cooling system is efficient enough. The head is hundreds of degrees hotter than the coolant at the; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01493.html (7,584 bytes)
20. Re: timing (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:09:54 +0100; Idle is not too high. Rebuilt engine, no carbon build up. Hot plug could be caused by either weak mixture or too much advance,so if it is running on I presume that it must be one of these two ...or w; /html/spridgets/2001-09/msg01515.html (9,429 bytes)

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