Joe Palatinus' was *OFF*. I mean base time @ 20 some odd degrees by the scale off. Moving him forward by ear brought the biggest grin (and squealling tires) I've seen in ages. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxx> wrote: > > You are absolutly correct in that you should check to make sure the > timing marks and the index scale is accurate. You don't have to do it > the way the manual says though. You can do it the "old fashoned" way. > Pull # 1 plug and rotate the crank to bring it up to TDC. You can > stick a dial indicator in the spark plug hole and find TDC that way. > Then just compare to the indexing scale. You can also get close just > by eye. A degree or 2 is no big deal. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/