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- Sat Oct 14, 2017 1:53 am
- Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
- Topic: Another timing question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1597
Re: Another timing question
Good morning, to anybody that's up. Brad , its 3:30 in the morning and my coffee must have me thinking more clearly. I was totally wrong in My first post here on the forum. ( I guess I was stupid ) I was thinking that you could add vacuum advance to cent. ( can't spell that word) Advance because, th...
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:22 am
- Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
- Topic: Another timing question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1597
Re: Another timing question
Hello Bob, I hope your day is good, I did not know that you had authored a book and I am sure you very qualified. The only thing that I have to compare to that is my 70 years in auto mechanics. The statement you last made is true. But may not be when applied to the operation of a vacuum advance Than...
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 3:14 pm
- Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
- Topic: Another timing question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1597
Re: Another timing question
Hello Bob, I think that,if you have port vacuum, that is a port above the carburator butterfly plates. your vacuum will not advance past its total advance, but it will hold that total until you let up on the gas. That said if you have manifold vacuum, that is vacuum below the carburator plates then ...
- Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:57 pm
- Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
- Topic: Another timing question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1597
Re: Another timing question
THANKS FOR THE IMFORMATION BRAD.
MARION CORVAIR
MARION CORVAIR
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:10 pm
- Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
- Topic: Another timing question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1597
Another timing question
Another timing question, In specification 7 I see that total centrifugal advance in the distributor in a 95 hp. manual is 28 degrees, I guess not including initial 6 degrees. this is at 4200 rpms and the vacuum advance is 24 degrees total I assume at say 2400 rpms. Now if the vacumm port at the carb...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:13 am
- Forum: Ask your Mechanical Questions here
- Topic: Engine won't start
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3194
Re: Engine won't start
When adjusting the valves, after you adjust number one cylinder, turn the engine 120 degrees and adjust the next cylinder in the firing order. the easy way to do this is to make two more marks 120 degrees from the top dead center timing mark around the pulley. if I did not understand the problem I a...