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I've been wondering about Jarrid too! Hope he's just taking a holiday.
I was just trying to set my timing and ran into a problem. When the
timing was set at ten degrees BTDC (600-800 RPM)it only approached 20
degrees BTDC at 2500 RPM. When set at 30 degrees BTDC at 2500, pinging
was noticed at idle. (Vacuum line removed and plugged off). I concluded
that the centrifugal advance was rusted and/or not moving properly, so I
removed the distributor, and checked. Found nothing wrong except a
little slop in shaft bearing. After cleaning and lube, replaced and set
the dist. with the engine on TDC and the points just opening and Vernier
adjustment with just the first division. Tried again and got essentially
the same result.
I was trying to set timing according to what Dick Trenk had recommended
some time ago, which was to set at 36 degrees BTDC at 2500 RPM and let
the idle timing fall where it may. Jarrid corrected him and said that
this assumed that all alpines used 13 degree cent. advances (capable of
26 degree advance, with 10+26=36) and mentioned that some had 11 degree
and this was identified on the counterweight assembly with the stamped
nos. "11" or "13". When I checked mine on this first disassembly, it was
stamped 10 degrees (which was why I was trying to set at 30 degrees
max). Other than this marking, the rest of the dist. looks like stock
Lucas Alpine. ( I haven't mentioned performance since I am not insured
or licensed at present
Anyone got any idea what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any
ideas!
Ron Tebo - Series I - B9000627 ( with mainly S. II engine)
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