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Re: recommended timing for towing with 261? DaveV #1051629 08/25/2014 12:10 AM
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 Ut S Steve_H 'Bolter
Steve_H 'Bolter S Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 Ut	Does it "ping" under a load? Retard a bit. If not, leave it. Should be fine. Engine was in a lot of working trucks. What it was made to do. Steve H

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
recommended timing for towing with 261?	DaveV	08/24/2014 11:59 PM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	Hotrod Lincoln	08/25/2014 12:07 AM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	Steve_H	08/25/2014 12:10 AM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	DaveV	08/25/2014 11:24 AM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	Hotrod Lincoln	08/25/2014 2:30 PM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	tclederman	08/25/2014 6:21 PM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	panic	08/25/2014 9:33 PM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	Hotrod Lincoln	08/25/2014 9:53 PM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	DaveV	08/26/2014 3:05 AM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	Hotrod Lincoln	08/26/2014 3:39 AM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	DaveV	08/26/2014 11:59 AM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	Volfandt	08/26/2014 1:00 PM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	Hotrod Lincoln	08/26/2014 2:00 PM
Re: recommended timing for towing with 261?	DaveV	08/27/2014 2:28 AM

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