Tim, you may have answered the real cause of the problem, as Dave said,
and the reason for the distr. moving, when I moved the plug wires, as I
removed the right headers, when I installed the high torque starter.
In any event, it back to the parts bin to find a Ford hold down.
Larry
Ronak, TP (Timothy) wrote:
>Now if you had just let us know that the timing was moving I would have got
>it right off.
>Throw that thing away and put the stock Ford one back on. That chrome P.O.S.
>is a waste of pot metal. I would have thought that with the Ford arrangement
>it would not matter but apparently it happens even with the small Ford unit
>as well. On the Chevy it was an "arm like" thing that was about 2 inches
>long with a bolt through the middle. As soon as the engine got hot it would
>soften the metal enough to lose all of the preload and the spinning
>distributor shaft would turn the housing and retard the timing.
>
>Glad you found the problem though.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Tim Ronak
>Business Development Manager
>Akzo Nobel Coatings
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> -----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Paulick [mailto:larry.p@erols.com]
>Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 5:38 PM
>To: Ronak, TP (Timothy)
>Subject: Re: Guess
>
>Tim, that is what I am using, the cheap chrome distr. tie down. Funny,
>it must be chromed pot metal.
>
>Larry
>
>Ronak, TP (Timothy) wrote:
>
>
>
>>Larry,
>>I have had that happen as well only it was the cheap chrome distributor tie
>>down that would not hold adjustment.
>>Regardless of what everyone else says, I think it was a boat load of fun.
>>
>>THANKS!
>>
>>Best Regards,
>>
>>Tim Ronak
>>Business Development Manager
>>Akzo Nobel Coatings
>>Off: (949) 305-5393
>>Fx: (949) 305-5394
>>Cell: (949) 289-3357
>>email: timothy.ronak@akzonobel.com
>>VM: (800) 234-6747 ext. 2257#
>>
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