Reply To: Ignition Timing

[David FaulknerParticipant]

Manual advance retard set in the middle Roger.

Simple way, get no 1 to TDC and insert the 6mm pin, while it’s locked, put a white line across the cam shaft extension and onto the pulley, then you can use that mark for a strobe light.

However with the flywheel locked, turn the dizzy until the points are on the point of opening, lock everything down, REMOVE the pin from the flywheel and start the engine and it should run as long as you have it locked on no 1 at TDC as you could be locked on no 4

It might need a bit of manual tweaking but it doesn’t need to be 100% accurate to run fine

Simpler with an electronic 123 as you do the above, but turn the dizzy until the led lights up and that’s it