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Okay, if you recall have had this car running, no real power on the highway, started with the choke okay, took out the gas tank, installed a pertronix kit, put everything back together, car is a bear to start. It will run with a **** of a lot of messing with the choke and retarding the spark to get it started, but it is rough and backfiring all the while. It did smooth out to an idle after it warmed up, but bogged when you gave it gas.
I pulled the #1 plug, found tdc, pulled the valve cover and did like the archives said. It looks like my marks at the cam tower are off by an 1/8" or so, and my rotor is pointing barely halfway between the #4 and the #1 lead, closer to #4. This with the distributor timing marks at zero.
I am guessing that my distributor is off a notch. Could it be my chain is off a tooth?
I read that the oil pump is connected to the dizzy, but can't find it in the CD manual.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will NOT touch the cam sprocket until I hear from someone. If that is the problem, explain the wood wedge trick.
Peter
I pulled the #1 plug, found tdc, pulled the valve cover and did like the archives said. It looks like my marks at the cam tower are off by an 1/8" or so, and my rotor is pointing barely halfway between the #4 and the #1 lead, closer to #4. This with the distributor timing marks at zero.
I am guessing that my distributor is off a notch. Could it be my chain is off a tooth?
I read that the oil pump is connected to the dizzy, but can't find it in the CD manual.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will NOT touch the cam sprocket until I hear from someone. If that is the problem, explain the wood wedge trick.
Peter