Date:         Thu, 8 Oct 1998 09:03:05 -0700
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
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From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Advancing timing of WHAT?
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Comments: cc: DSTEVENS <DSTEVENS@LAUBACH.ORG>
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At 11:51 AM 10/8/98, DSTEVENS wrote:
> One method is to install a manual type choke cable to turn the dist.
>body manually (pull out to start push in once warm. ) with a little
>fiangling you can get the in-out throw pretty close. (set stops ) works
>best with front engine but us diesel vans adjust our timing this way.
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^
> Also works on older American cars with stretched timing chains.
> Hope this info helped
> Thought is our most powerful weapon!

        HUH?

        BUT DIESELS aren't spark-ignition engines and don't have
        spark(ignition) distributors!

        You must be adjusting the FUEL distributor timing.

        OLD cars used to have an ignition timing lever on the steering
        column.

> Hope this info helped

        I'm not sure...

> Thought is our most powerful weapon!

        Only when it's correctly applied to the problem at hand.


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