Pulling Diver's Helmet

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Originally Posted by Hoop

"I started a post similar to this one last week and the help was awesome. This post causes me some confusion though. Bruce's post above says to adjust the points to the wide end of the range and set the timing to 4* which will be about the middle of the scale. Per the advice I got, I set points to .015 and timing screw up by two notches. I'm starting to get the feeling that there's no right answer and no wrong answer."

You've been given the right answer, but you're just easily confused.

One of the problems with car forums is that 20 guys can give you advice ... 19 are wrong, only one is right.

You'll take the advice of the 19, popular vote.

Once more ... :

The marks on the advance index plate are 4 crankshaft degrees apart. The middle one by design is 0 degrees. If you move the index 1 notch, that is 4 crankshaft degrees.

If "Duece" has a Sun machine and sets his distributor's LH points at 22 1/2 degrees of dwell, there's nothing to help him set the initial advance. He must go to an additional device, such as a KRW fixture to set it. If he does, the distributor's index normally will be at 1 notch advanced from the center.

Because of some variations in the condition of some points, the alignment of the index can vary. But, that's usually where it ends up.

For someone to give you the right answer, they should have spent considerable time with a strobe machine AND a KRW fixture AND a set of feeler gauges.

A forum is going to flood you with information. Some of it is well-meaning but simply wrong. Some is wild-assed guessing and repeating something someone else said.

Having posted this, I will absolutely guarantee that very soon the same questions will come up ... and the same wrong answers will be given again.

That's just the way it is.

I guess we should all quit responding to posts and just let you give all the "correct" answers.