How do i set my timing
How do i set my timing
01-24-08, 08:03 PM
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If you're looking for the settings they are:
Trailing: 20 degrees after top dead center
Leading: 0 degrees top dead center
These should be the specs at engine idle which should be 750 rpm
There is a mark on the engine pulley, and a sawtooth plate with the degree markings. Both may be a little hard to see with a timing light if they are dirty. Of course, you'll need a timing light. Set the timing by rotating the distributor.
Trailing: 20 degrees after top dead center
Leading: 0 degrees top dead center
These should be the specs at engine idle which should be 750 rpm
There is a mark on the engine pulley, and a sawtooth plate with the degree markings. Both may be a little hard to see with a timing light if they are dirty. Of course, you'll need a timing light. Set the timing by rotating the distributor.
01-24-08, 08:07 PM
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For Stock Timing...
As long as your front pulley has never been removed and replaced, line up the leading timing mark on the front pulley (eccentric pulley). Pull your distributor out, line up the mark on the timing gear with the alignment mark on the distributor shaft, and reinstall the distributor, making sure it does not rotate off a tooth upon reassembly. Do not tighten the set bolt down all the way, just in case you need to dial the timing in. Set your timing light to 0 degrees advance (if it is adjustable), and use the leading coil lead as the pickup for the timing light. With the engine at idle (not with the choke out- should be around 750rpm as mentioned above), check that the leading timing mark on the front pulley (yellow, if I remember) is dead on with the timing mark pin on the front cover. Recheck with the trailing coil lead, and make sure the timing is now accurate with the trailing mark on the pulley (orange, I think). Advance or retard the timing by rotating the distributor (slightly and slowly) to dial it in, tighten down the set bolt and you're done.
Neal.
Neal.
01-25-08, 06:06 AM
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If you don't have a factory workshop manual like Scott has referred to, it sounds more and more like you really need to buy one. Please chck eBay and all other outlets to get one. A new one should run you about $80-100, a good used one about $45. Or you can just download the scanned one like Scott (trochoid) mentioned above in his signture file. Click on that link and find the info you are looking for. If you can't find a factory one, or have any trouble with the link to the scanned ones, go to AutoZone and buy a Haynes Manual. They're around $17, last time I checked.
The 'two arms' are the spring clips retaining the distributor cap. You do not need to remove that to reset your timing. Look further down the assembly, past the black plastic cap, past the metal base, to the shaft. There is a yellow cadmium plated baseplate with a semicircle/arc cut into it, and a retaining bolt with a 10mm head. The arc is so the distributor can rotate far enough to compensate for it being installed a tooth off, and to fine tune the timing, with the bolt loosened in place. That bolt is the securing bolt I mentioned in my first reply. If this is all really confusing or at all intimidating, please don't do it yourself. Have someone who has at least reset distributor timing on another car assist you. Doing this wrong can cause more problems and potential damage than it will cure.
Neal.
The 'two arms' are the spring clips retaining the distributor cap. You do not need to remove that to reset your timing. Look further down the assembly, past the black plastic cap, past the metal base, to the shaft. There is a yellow cadmium plated baseplate with a semicircle/arc cut into it, and a retaining bolt with a 10mm head. The arc is so the distributor can rotate far enough to compensate for it being installed a tooth off, and to fine tune the timing, with the bolt loosened in place. That bolt is the securing bolt I mentioned in my first reply. If this is all really confusing or at all intimidating, please don't do it yourself. Have someone who has at least reset distributor timing on another car assist you. Doing this wrong can cause more problems and potential damage than it will cure.
Neal.
Last edited by kansei; 01-25-08 at 06:11 AM.
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