Actually you don't want any spark advance when cranking. Makes car harder to start. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote: > What exactly are your symptoms? Assuming you are trying to start the > car from a cold start and it starts normally when warm you should > check all the systems that are activated when the motor is cold. That > includes the vacuum advance system for the ignition and the cold start > valve.