[Spridgets] Bugeye/Frogeye Club..... Timing marks don't align

[John Farley]

Most of us have done the same thing. The offset still allows it to be
installed 180 degrees out.

On Friday, August 26, 2016, Jon Paschke via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Thanks everyone, got it. We took the dristrubitor drive out and realigned
> it and put everything back together and now the mark alines and we have the
> timing set. It must be windows related, a reboot and all is well.
> Just a Spridget owner miss step...;)
> As a side note on this 1275 we rebuilt, we had it built two weeks ago and
> started it only to have it cease up after about 15 seconds. Tore it back
> down only to find the wrist pins had frozen in the pistons 2, 3, and 4.
> We had a machine shop install the pistons on the rods and they supplied
> new pistons when they did it so they redid them and gave us a new set of
> pistons as they had to destroy the frozen on ones.
> They said the factory clearance must have been to close on the bad set.
> Thanks for all the ideas and responses.
> Jon
> 58 Bugeye
>
> On 8/26/2016 2:06 PM, Gerard pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pixelsmith at gerardsgarage.com');> [bugeye]
> wrote:
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>
>
> Jon,
>
> Either the mark you are looking at is not the original one or the rubber
> isolation ring has deteriorated enough to let the inner and out portion
> slip out of alignment. The original timing mark on a 1275 is a small square
> notch at the back end (nearest the timing cover) of the pulley. If I
> remember correctly, the timing mark should be directly in line, and
> opposite the keyway.
>
> Gerard
>
> > On Aug 26, 2016, at 1:55 PM, Jon Paschke JPASCHKE at bak.rr.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','JPASCHKE at bak.rr.com');> [bugeye]
> <bugeye at yahoogroups.com>
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bugeye at yahoogroups.com');> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > I've just rebuilt my 1275 and it started right up and we broke in the
> > cam with no problems. After shutting it down and it cooled off we put
> > the timing light on it and the marks are at least 2 inches apart and
> > when I try moving the distributor to get them close the motor will not
> > run. What did I do? it seems like it's about a quarter of the bottom
> > pulley off. I have the distributor aligned according to the book and the
> > rotor points right at number one at TDC. I have a pertronics in it and
> > it ran fine and timed right before the rebuild. Could the cam be off?
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Jon
> >
> >
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