RE: Timing Problem!

[William Cole <wedge64@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, enough chastising about the "off a tooth" thing. I should have
said, "run right".
I was in error about that statement. I guess I knew it would run but
just was in a hurry to get the message across about the problem.
With the engine in the car and the trouble we had getting the headers on
and the like we didn't feel like diving to deep into the trouble.
It may be the dampener is marked wrong. If the guy drives for a while
and
it runs bad we'll look deeper into what's wrong. For right now the owner
was in a hurry to get the car back and drive it. He may bring it back
later, who knows? He can't even get full throttle because of the screwed
up floor boards his dad put in. He has old signs and sheet metal screwed
to the floor and with the new carpet he can only get about 3/4 open on
the carb. Kinda of like a governer for him I guess. He wants new floors
put in later this winter but for now unless he cuts the carpet back
he'll have to live with it the way it is.

Bill C.
On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:32:05 -0500 (Central, "Herb"
<zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> 
> I agree with if it runs right something must be marked wrong.  But the
> gentleman said it would not idle below 1200 and dies going into gear. 
> Classic sign of a tooth off, especially with different distributors, same
> problem, the advance is compensating for the timing problem.  Big
> question
> is what kind of power does it have?  Probably not what is expected.  A
> quick
> & dirty way or if you like Field Expedient way to check TDC is pull the
> plugs out and bring #1 up to TDC using the timing marks then take a probe
> such as a plastic straw and have some one insert it into #1 hole and
> touch
> the top of the piston with it. Holding it in place and it is all by feel,
> have a second person turn the engine over back and forth across marked
> TDC
> if the piston pushes on the straw it aint TDC and the markings are off. 
> But! If the piston drops away from the straw going both ways you are at
> TDC
> and need to dig into the possibility the timing may be off else were!
> 
> 
> Have a Powerforce Harmonic balancer and I had to remark it totally as
> It was a pretty generic Mopar balancer. I had to find and mark a new TDC
> I did it with the heads off and a dial indicator so as to try to get it
> Dead on. If it runs right something must be marked wrong.
>  
>  
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> 
> 
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