[DMCForum] Re: Back to Basics

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What I mean is, do you set the crank at the "0" mark, or 13 degrees, 
and then set the rotor to the notch on the dizzy body?

It's the crank setting I'm interested in. Apparently Bill sets his 
crank mark to 13 degrees.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I set it to the notch, then you have more than enough adjustment 
either 
> way. Bearing in mind that the more you advance it (up to a point) 
the 
> faster the engine runs and this creates the mechanical advance 
> internally to the distrubutor, so at the limit of movement, it's 
> coughing away at some 18 degrees.
> 
> Just been setting ours up in the last couple of hours and it runs 
> sweetly at 0 but of course no power. It's running best at 9-10 
degrees 
> but we've dropped in a different dizzy and changed the vac advance.
> 
> It started with very little trouble, though.... :-( It DID need 12v 
> across the coil but it's back on the resistors now and running fine.
> 
> Martin
> 
> cruznmd wrote:
> 
> >Martin,
> >
> >I have this question in my head now:
> >
> >At the end of your procedure, you said to get the #1 piston at TDC 
> >and install the distributor. (Which is what I did yesterday)
> >
> >The engine is set to run at 13 degrees BTDC. Shouldn't I have 
rotated 
> >the engine until is was at 13 degrees BTDC instead of at dead "0"?
> >
> >Then I would be 13 degrees too far advanced and the dizzy only 
swings 
> >about 15 degrees each direction so I'd almost be out of room for 
> >adjustment.
> >
> >Both of my books say to set it to TDC...
> >
> >Do you set to 0 or 13 when you put the dizzy in?
> >
> >  
> >



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