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1. timing question (score: 1)
Author: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:49:45 -0500
This being only the second time I've ever adjusted timing, I have a few Tonight after reinstalling the rebuilt carbs and adjusting the valve clearances, I started to check the timing using my non-adj
/html/mgs/2003-04/msg00814.html (8,091 bytes)

2. Re: timing question (score: 1)
Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:09:12 +0100
An H or L in the engine number indicates compression ration - H for high and L for low, this was the case on all engines. Whether it still is, is another matter. Turning the distributor clockwise adv
/html/mgs/2003-04/msg00828.html (7,919 bytes)

3. Timing question (score: 1)
Author: "Jones, Mark" <MJones@ngl.ca>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 10:21:42 -0300
Sunday I decided that I should check the timing on my 73 MGB GT. I found the timing to be at 10 degrees AFTER TDC. So I checked the manual and it says for a 18V engine with a 25D distributor, the tim
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00375.html (7,475 bytes)

4. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 20:40:38 +0100
I would check the TDC mark on the pulley is correct, it consists of a steel-rubber-steel sandwich and can delaminate, and the outer turns relative to the inner. PaulH. out
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00470.html (8,074 bytes)

5. Timing Question (score: 1)
Author: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 02:23:08 +0510
Sort of knowing the answer in advance - but being new enough to this sport/hobby/lifestyle that I would like to hear from the OLD fellas on most subjects... Is it 'normal' (!?) to seriously throw the
/html/mgs/1999-04/msg01781.html (7,101 bytes)

6. RE: Timing Question (score: 1)
Author: "Kulka, Matt" <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:32:19 -0400
Reminds me of a time many years ago when a buddy of mine had a '68 Mustang with a manual three speed. He had to stomp hard on the brake one day, and he missed the clutch before doing so. The cranksh
/html/mgs/1999-04/msg01850.html (7,488 bytes)

7. RE: Timing Question (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:41:29 -0700
Ooh, that brings to mind an embarassing incident when a pre-driving-age self was allowed to move the family Fury wagon... redlined it in Neutral and slipped the timing chain so bad it wouldn't start
/html/mgs/1999-04/msg01864.html (8,262 bytes)

8. Re: Timing Question (score: 1)
Author: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 07:31:21 +0000
Kulka, Matt had this to say: Thanks Max and Matt, Well to be sure and safe about this I dropped the 'B into the doctor and his explanation was that... "the 'B can sometimes just lose its timing like
/html/mgs/1999-04/msg01866.html (7,729 bytes)

9. Timing Question (score: 1)
Author: Alan Lott <lottala@mail.auburn.edu>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 09:52:42 -0500
Hi All, I've had my new project B for about a month now and it is progressing nicely. Yesterday, with the arrival of my rebuilt carbs, I was finaly able to drive it. After it was hot, I put my timing
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg00138.html (7,105 bytes)

10. Re: Timing Question (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 13:19:42 EDT
Hi Alan, Removing the distrib. rotor and then trying to wiggle the shaft with your fingers will pretty much tell the tale. If it wiggles more than just perciptibly there's excess wear. Another way to
/html/mgs/1997-09/msg00143.html (8,225 bytes)

11. Timing question (score: 1)
Author: Gen <glcory@artsci.wustl.edu>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 14:05:24 -0600 (CST)
I'm holding off on calling Car Talk on this one because I think they'll call me a fool for even having a British car, but I'm curious: my dad set the timing at Xmas in my 71 BGT dynamically, strobe l
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00268.html (8,376 bytes)

12. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: "A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Date: 08 Mar 1996 15:32:09 -0600
You should hold off on calling Car Talk on general principle. Much of the time they are _wrong_, and I don't even think that they are funny..... This is a tricky question. Depends on the condition of
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00270.html (9,773 bytes)

13. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 96 14:10:41 PST
Air filters: The silver part of the air cleaner that is actually held against the body of the carburettor by those long bolts needs to be in the correct orientation. The two holes that are above the
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00272.html (10,460 bytes)

14. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: "John M. Trindle" <jtrindle@tsquare.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 16:51:55 -0500 (EST)
Yeah, but one of them drives a '63 Dodge Dart fergoshsakes, and it's a beaut, too. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ That's the key. It ran fine for a couple of months with that timing. If it were going to move it would
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00273.html (9,260 bytes)

15. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: CMaster808@aol.com
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 18:51:27 -0500
Now I could be wrong but if the tail pipe took a jolt! Couldn't the exaust/intake manifold gasket have developed a leak? And I think this would cause a poorly running motor Chet
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00277.html (7,326 bytes)

16. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton)
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 00:31:30 +0500
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.
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00284.html (8,092 bytes)

17. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: Ragthyme@aol.com
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 01:33:16 -0500
I once had a mechanic, at the time doing nothing more serious than putting tyres on my alloy wheels, insist to me in some godawful southern accent that all MG's were made by Ford anyway, and just dr
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00285.html (7,728 bytes)

18. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: palte@rt.el.utwente.nl (Bert Palte)
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 96 15:19:44 +0100
... ... It looks as if the timing didn't hold. My guess is that there are three possible explanations for this phenomenon: a) Your dad filed (the tungsten coating) off the (old) CB points before set
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00286.html (8,713 bytes)

19. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: jgn@li.net (John G. Napoli)
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 09:57:19 -0500
Reminds me of the first time I insured my MGB five or six years ago. The clerk taking the information was apparently too young to know of such cars: Clerk: "What kind of car are you insuring." Me: "A
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00290.html (9,061 bytes)

20. Re: Timing question (score: 1)
Author: jtilton@vt.edu (Jay Tilton)
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 06:06:59 +0500
LOL!! But only because the same thing has happened to me (and others, surely) many times. Too bad the clerk didn't ask about the body style. Clerk: Body? You: Roadster. Clerk: Roaster? You: RoaDster!
/html/mgs/1996-03/msg00302.html (8,101 bytes)


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