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Originally Posted by fred93
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I then adjusted the timing (making it more advanced).
The reading after all that was :
With lever all the way up---5* retarded.
With the lever all the way down--45* advanced.
With the lever half way down---30* advanced.
Seems to me that I need to adjust again so that with the lever all the way down I would have 30* advanced.
Thoughts on this please!
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Fred-
The stock Model A distributor spark lever is *supposed* provide a total of 40 crank degrees of timing change (20 degrees of rotor change). So if you are starting at 5* AFTER TDC at the top, moving the timing lever all the way down should bring you to 35* BEFORE TDC.
Please check the readings that you report above again.
You should not be able to go from 5* ATDC to 45* BTDC. That is 50* of change. Something is not right. Maybe you misread something or wrote it down wrong.
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