How Do I Test..., for a bad centrifugal advance |
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How Do I Test..., for a bad centrifugal advance |
BMartin914 |
Oct 3 2005, 02:38 PM
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I suspect I may have a bad centrifugal advance in my distributor.
Can anyone point me in the right direction as to how I would test the distributor on the bench for such an issue? |
lapuwali |
Oct 3 2005, 02:53 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743 |
On the bench? No at all easy. If you can find a shop that has a distributor machine and someone there who knows how to work it (the former is rare, the latter is now very rare), then they can completely check it out for you. On the car, however, you can test it with a timing light. Measure the timing at idle, at 1000rpm, at 2000rpm, at 3000rpm, at 4000rpm. This will give you a curve that should roughly match the one given for that distributor.
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