Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 23:24:42 -0500
Reply-To: "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@tribune.com>
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From: "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@tribune.com>
Subject: Re: setting yout timing
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As long as you can average her, You'll probably have to close the idle speed
screw on the throttle body down almost all the way to achieve the idle
needed to set the timimg. BTW you can also set the timing by total advance.
Set the dial on your timing light to 42 degrees, speed the motor up to
around 3000 to 3500 rpms and look for the shallow groove, line her up with
the case halves, tighten the dist down and you are good to go.
Malibu Tony 85' westy 6 degrees BTDC, 42 degrees total advance, vacuum lines
all connected, be sure!
-----Original Message-----
From: Jean-Guy Savoie [mailto:jgsavoie@nbnet.nb.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 6:43 PM
To: Smola, Tony
Subject: Re: setting yout timing
Thanks Tony, for your several messages of Calif. wisdom. I have now set mine
at -5 and may move it back to -6. Unfortunately I'm waiting for a Master
clutch cylinder before road testing. The motor sure sound better with
timing advanced.
BTW, I find the idle rather "jerky" when idle stabilizer is unhooked, as per
timing mark gets jumpy (as seen with timing light of course). So I just
tried to average it at -5 at idle.
Pulley position (with timing light, of course) is much more stable when
racing motor with vacuum advance.
Is this pretty normal in your experience?
JGS
----- Original Message -----
From: Smola, Tony <TSmola@tribune.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 7:19 PM
Subject: setting yout timing
> If you have a 1.9 L motor I would suggest changing the timing to 6 degrees
> before top dead center, remember the TDC mark is the shallow groove , not
> the v notch. that is 5 degrees AFTER top dead center.
> Check the gap on the plugs, be sure to use antiseize on the threads,
> ..........After doing all of the above, you can check the bad cylinder by
> pulling the plug wires off one at a time and then replace....all while the
> van is running. The wire that has no noticable difference is the cylinder
in
> question. If the engine runs rough after pulling a wire from the cap,
then
> that cylinder is obviously important and is pulling it's weight. When you
> pull a wire and there is no difference, then the motor does not know when
> the plug is on or off, that is your weakest cylinder. I would also
> reccomend a compression check when you pull all of the plugs. That makes
it
> easier on the battery and starter when checking the compression. The
> compression should be around 130 pounds or so......all of them.
>
> Good luck....email me if you have any questions......
>
> Malibu Tony 85' Westy 6 degrees BTDC......42 degrees full
> advance......vacuum lines connected...
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