Re: [alfa] Re: ignition timing

["Dean" <tessiedog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doesnt the bosch dizzy point to 2 oclock and the marelli point to 3 oclock.
Maybe you just need to rotate the dizzy housing more than you thought.
Dean
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Patterson <mrpfiat@domain.elided>
To: alfa@domain.elided <alfa@domain.elided>
Date: Tuesday, 8 June 2004 9:47
Subject: [alfa] Re: ignition timing


>No, it's not 180 degrees off, but 90 degrees.  And
>it's TDC for cylinder 1, with the cam lobes pointing
>out.
>
>I know I can re-route the leads, but I'm trying to
>figure out what's wrong, in case it's something that
>will cause other problems.
>
>Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 00:18:46 +1000
>From: "Dean" <tessiedog@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: [alfa] ignition timing
>
>Mark the drive gear on the end of the distributor can
>be rotated 180
>degrees. Not sure what you did but it sounds like you
>set the engine up
>on
>tdc at number four pot. That will not matter however
>the distributor is
>now
>180 degrees out. Just double check the engine is
>firing number 1
>cylinder
>and the cam lobs are pointing outward. There is
>nothing wrong with just
>re-routing the ignition leads if you want.
>Dean
>- -----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Patterson <mrpfiat@domain.elided>
>To: alfa@domain.elided <alfa@domain.elided>
>Date: Tuesday, 8 June 2004 7:32
>Subject: [alfa] ignition timing
>
>
>>I must be being colossally dense, but I just cannot
>>figure this out.
>>
>>I'm putting my engine (1750) back together, and at
>>cylinder 1 TDC, the distributor rotor is pointing at
>>the lead for cylinder 3.  The weird thing is that my
>>Autobook manual says that at TDC, the rotor should be
>>pointing to the front of the car, which it is.  So it
>>seems that either the manual is wrong, and the rotor
>>at TDC should be pointing toward the left side of the
>>car (which in fact it is at TDC in my 2000), or
>>somehow the distributor is off 90 degrees.  But I
>>never moved the distributor.  And the range on the
>>clamp would not allow me to move it 90 degrees
>anyway.
>>
>>
>>If the manual is wrong, though, then it seems that my
>>rotor is pointing in the wrong direction, and it
>>should be pointing to the left of the car.  But how
>>could that happen, since I did not remove the
>>crankshaft or distrubutor?
>>
>>I really must be missing something very obvious.
>>
>>Mark
>
>
>
>
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