Points and Dwell setting, Yes I forgot how...I know !!! YOU DUMBASS! |
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Points and Dwell setting, Yes I forgot how...I know !!! YOU DUMBASS! |
Steve Thacker |
Aug 3 2007, 10:50 AM
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UMMMPH Yea Baby Yea ! UMMMPH Group: Members Posts: 1,089 Joined: 8-January 03 From: Pickerington, Ohio Member No.: 113 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I can't for the life of me rember how to set dwell properly on cars. I have been setting points since I was a teenager. I get this thing on a crane optical back when I first bought the car in 2000 and it went belly up last week.
I put in new points, cap, rotor ( non rev limited), condenser, sparkys, wires oh yea a new coil in the car before I began ( back to simple old skool). yea right.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Firing order on wires set to 1-4-3-2 CW. I set the points to .016 and I can get the car started. I put a digital meter on the + and - on the coil and got the car to start with some dizzy turning ( damn it is sensitive). Well... the dwell on the meter is showing 88.8 and yes it is set on dwell. I go back make sure the point shoe is straddling the lobe on the dizzy shaft and check the gap again. Still at 016. OK I'm good... Then I proceed to start the car up again and get my timing light in place to set the timing. I set the timing light dial to 27 degrees and point it at the timing whole and look for my marks. I have the old lady rev it up to 3500 and hold it steady (great gal she is). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I look for the white mark as I'm adjusting the dizzy and pull it into view and place it in the V notch. I have her take her foot off the pedal and I take over. Well...the damn car will not rev past 4k when it is floored! The throttle body butterfly is wide open and the car is laboring. Fuel pressure is at 29lbs and steady (Adjusted valves back a year ago and have only put 40 miles on the car) What gives...am I missing something simple here? Please help fellas I'm pulling my hair out. Must be halfziemers setting in. |
Cap'n Krusty |
Aug 3 2007, 02:28 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
SEVENTEEN REPLIES AND NOT ONE CORRECT ANSWER! WTF is wrong with you guys? DID YOU NOT READ THE QUESTION?
The CORRECT way to hook up the dwell meter is the positive lead to the point side of the coil (terminal "1" or (-)), and the ground lead to a good engine ground. This kinda crap goes into the archives, and some newbie spends a year of his life trying to get his car started, trying every wrong trail until he gets to my post, if he lives that long. When you get the dwell set, shut it off check to see that the rotor is pretty much centered on the line for cylinder #1 when the engine is at TDC #1. Fix that if it's wrong, then start the car, warm it up, and set the timing at the RED, BLACK, or unpainted full advance mark on the fan, 2800 RPM.. BOTH HOSES OFF. The mark is one fan blade BEFORE the first wide fan support. It MAY not be marked on both sides of the fan, and you mAY have to lay over the trunk lid and get your head right down over the access hole to see the mark. Report back. The rest of you hang your heads in shame. If you had any questions about how I got to be Cap'n Krusty, read your 17 answers to the original question. The Cap'n, goin' easy on you |
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