Last night I scratched a TDC mark straight across to the back flange (closest to the block) and measured the distance from there to the 5 ATDC notch. I then painted a new mark (5 BTDC) the same distance on the other side of the new TDC scratch mark. I set the timing at 5BTDC and adjusted the idle. (I was running at about 2 or 3 BTDC). I must say, it runs mucho better than 5 ATDC. I took it out for a test drive and could not get it to ping. I do have premium gas in the tank. I did not disconnect the vacuum lines when setting the timing and had the idle stabilizer by-passed as the Bentley shows. I also tried starting cold with the idle stabilizer by-passed to see if the Aux. air regulator was working--it was. With the stabilizer connected, it is hard to detect any change in rpm by squeezing it the way the Bentley says to do. Jay '85 Westy |
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