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Is you distributor housing 180 degrees out? (archive)
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Posted by Mike on July 30, 2000 at 17:28:36:

In Reply to: Another Timing Question posted by COguy on July 29, 2000 at 23:34:08:

Hey there,

When I installed pertronics into my 72tii's 008 distributor I installed the housing 180 degrees out so the pertronics wires would the coil reach better. If you do that you can no longer use the line on the distributor housing as a marker for the rotor at TDC. Consequently you may have indexed the distributor one tooth off.

If the car runs fine and you KNOW the distributor curve is set properly I would run with it. Try putting the light on the shelf and set your idle to about 3500 RPM. Loosen the distributor and move it back and forth until it sounds "just right". Tighten the distributor bolt, making sure the distributor does not move, reset the idle, and take it for a "hard" test drive. Listen for detonation, if you hear it, retard just a bit and try again. BTW, detonation is baaaaaadddd.

Good luck,
Mike

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