hello all,

i adjusted my timing last week, and when checked it it was set at 10 deg after TDC (SPOUT connector out). what could cause this? could a stretched timing chain cause this? or was it just because someone did a timing adjustment with the SPOUT connector in?

thanks, mike

 

More likely.

Alameda, The Island?

 

island of alameda, off the balmy coasts of oakland california.

 

Bahahaha! Nicest thing I've ever heard said about Oakland!

 

yah, i know. oakland's got a bad rep. but i like it, from alameda...

 

Would our trucks even run properly, or at all, at 10° ATDC?

 

'Properly"...for 10 ATDC I suppose. I've wandered over in that neck of the woods accidentally while adjusting. Not a happy place!

 

When I tried to do my timing without being able to see the marks I accidentally turned my distributor the wrong way and it damn near died (wasn't a slow twist...kind of slipped and cranked it real fast). No idea how far it went...but I figured going ATDC wouldn't work with our trucks...at least not very well.

 

it ran, somewhat smoothly even. just a some hesitation when the gas pedal was applied gently, but the main thing was there was very little power. like ymeski said, not a happy place.

 

Well welcome to the forum, "bikeymikey". Guessing Mike for first name. Is "bikey" w/ or w/o a motor(y) attached to it?