maddogg20
New Member
Hey guys,
I was trying to set my timing today, and I pretty much have to guess where the distributor needs to go because when I got the car it didnt come with any of the timing belt cover so i dont have any timing marks. Now heres the strange thing. If I move the distributor to the center while the cars running itll keep running until I shut it off, but once I try to restart it, itll chug and idle at about 300 rpm's no matter what i do with the gas pedal. The only way I can get it to restart is if I have the distributor cranked pretty much all the way back, which im pretty sure is advanced but not positive, if someone could let me know which way is which thatdd be great, also Anyone have any ideas as to what could be causing it to not wanna restart once I put it in the middle? The reason I wanted to set the timing is because it has no bottom end which to me means its retarted, and its running very rich.
Andy
I was trying to set my timing today, and I pretty much have to guess where the distributor needs to go because when I got the car it didnt come with any of the timing belt cover so i dont have any timing marks. Now heres the strange thing. If I move the distributor to the center while the cars running itll keep running until I shut it off, but once I try to restart it, itll chug and idle at about 300 rpm's no matter what i do with the gas pedal. The only way I can get it to restart is if I have the distributor cranked pretty much all the way back, which im pretty sure is advanced but not positive, if someone could let me know which way is which thatdd be great, also Anyone have any ideas as to what could be causing it to not wanna restart once I put it in the middle? The reason I wanted to set the timing is because it has no bottom end which to me means its retarted, and its running very rich.
Andy