Hi all:
A couple of years ago, I needed a tranny overhaul. At the time my F was running crappy and I could not find the correct timing to make it run right. The tranny shop manager, an old Mopar guy, told me to get in the car, set the parking brake, hold the foot brake, start the car, put it in drive and rev it up. He moved the distributor until he found the maximum rpm and tightened it down. "There, he said, that's how we timed them in the old days." He had me take it for a drive and when I got onto the street, I floored it. At the first upshift, I thought the car was going to turn itself upside down. Never had I seen so much power in that car. Still runs the same way and I am elated! The following week, I drove the car to the Club Meet north of San Francisco. Not only performed like an F is supposed to but my mileage increased from an average of 10-11 mpg to 12.5 mpg. And I usually don't let grass grow beneath my tires.
Dan Reitz.
Bell Canyon, CA
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