Sam1647545489 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 If its to advance, what will the motor do. To retarded, what does it do besides the obvious run rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTHER91 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Advance the timing will cause the motor to run lean I believe And visa versa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Ok, well I know it will lean the motor out and what not and make it heat up if advanced, but I wanna know what would be the symptoms of a motor being to advanced or retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTHER91 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Put a light on it to make sure Retarded will have rough idle and have no power Advance will have no power till up top I think headers glow with one of them too Hopefully someone will chime in with a deffinitive answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 too advanced = pinging, dieseling retarded= slow starting, sluggish running and heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Well I think the distributor is either broke or not working right. I cant ever find the mark with the light. So I adjust by ear, get it idling good and once I put a load on it, it begans to miss and it comes thru the exhaust. So I add alil and then it misses and comes thru the carb. I cant find a happy medium and then it over heated, nothing crazy, 200* but it usually runs 140*. So I shut it off. It backfired right before I did and had alil smoke coming from the carb. I tried to restart it after it cooled down and it ran alil rough. So I think the weights in the distributor either broke or are not working correctly. I still cant see the mark on the balancer with the light. Gonna try a new distributor tomorrow and re time and see if that fixes it. The one on the motor now is 22 yrs old so it might have let go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 you are tightening it back down once you think it sounds right, right? I know a lot of people like to leave them some what loose so they can adjust it and then wonder why it keeps going out of whack not realizing it's just turning a bit on them while they're revving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 you are tightening it back down once you think it sounds right, right? I know a lot of people like to leave them some what loose so they can adjust it and then wonder why it keeps going out of whack not realizing it's just turning a bit on them while they're revving it. Yes, I always do. I loosen it and adjust and once I get it where I want, I tighten immediatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 you are tightening it back down once you think it sounds right, right? I know a lot of people like to leave them some what loose so they can adjust it and then wonder why it keeps going out of whack not realizing it's just turning a bit on them while they're revving it. I actually let a shop set it for me once and it did the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XChris1632X Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Put a bright mark on the balancer so you can see the timing with the light better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam1647545489 Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Put a bright mark on the balancer so you can see the timing with the light better. I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
351mach11647545510 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 on #1 wire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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