I talked to the Pertronix techs and they recommend using a 12V lamp
hooked between the neg coil terminal and ground, then staticly time it.
That got me close but I still did road testing to finalize it. (Remember
to ground out the HT wire from the coil).
Johnnie
Steven Newell wrote:
> I set out to follow the directions from the VTR site for setting the
> ignition timing on my TR4, but I have a Pertronix Ignitor. So I don't
> have a low tension lead to disconnect at the distributor. What should
> I do? Should I connect the test wire to the connector on the coil end
> of that wire?
> http://www.vtr.org/maintain/Setting-the-Ignition-Timing-on-a-TR.pdf
>
> Otherwise I was considering a trial and error approach, moving the
> distributor a bit one way or the other and seeing how it feels on a
> brisk drive. The benefit is that I would have an excuse to take a
> number of brisk drives. Like we need an excuse.
>
> Steven Newell
> Littleton, CO
> '62 TR4
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