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SDJason · 04-12-2013, 10:37 PM

Thanks for the tips - the engine was definitely running a bit rough; I tried swirling the upper plate around in hot water with a bunch of Dawn detergent for awhile, swirled it around some more in a bucket of water, and let it air-dry for awhile. Reset the points to 0.020" and put it all back together. Definitely started a bit easier (turned the GAV to 1/2 as well), but idling still seems rough - I think that during all the distributor dismantling/reassembling the timing probably got thrown off a little bit.

Now I've got to figure out how to find TDC without being able to handcrank the engine...I remember seeing that one of the vendors sells a wrench that lets you turn the engine by hand - I think it was around $30 or so...

04-12-2013, 10:37 PM	#4
SDJason Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 442	Re: Disappearing spark update - SOLVED (and thank you!) Thanks for the tips - the engine was definitely running a bit rough; I tried swirling the upper plate around in hot water with a bunch of Dawn detergent for awhile, swirled it around some more in a bucket of water, and let it air-dry for awhile. Reset the points to 0.020" and put it all back together. Definitely started a bit easier (turned the GAV to 1/2 as well), but idling still seems rough - I think that during all the distributor dismantling/reassembling the timing probably got thrown off a little bit. Now I've got to figure out how to find TDC without being able to handcrank the engine...I remember seeing that one of the vendors sells a wrench that lets you turn the engine by hand - I think it was around $30 or so... Last edited by SDJason; 04-12-2013 at 10:59 PM.