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Re: Need help getting 283 back to life! gobolt #1181974 09/10/2016 6:17 PM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 123 parkville, missouri J joe apple 'Bolter
joe apple 'Bolter J Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 123 parkville, missouri	http://www.selectric.org/06main/283firing.jpg 4 degrees before TDC, 6 degrees before TDC, or TDC according to my MOTORS manual. So is the rotor pointed at the #1 plug wire when the points open and TDC mark on damper is lined up with the 0 on timing mark increments scale? Joe

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Need help getting 283 back to life!	gobolt	09/10/2016 5:41 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	Hotrod Lincoln	09/10/2016 5:57 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	joe apple	09/10/2016 6:17 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	gobolt	09/10/2016 6:41 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	gobolt	09/10/2016 6:42 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	Hotrod Lincoln	09/10/2016 7:05 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	gobolt	09/10/2016 7:36 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	Hotrod Lincoln	09/10/2016 7:55 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	gobolt	09/10/2016 8:03 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	Hotrod Lincoln	09/10/2016 8:21 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	gobolt	09/10/2016 10:36 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	Hotrod Lincoln	09/10/2016 11:27 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	joe apple	09/11/2016 1:14 AM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	gobolt	09/15/2016 8:26 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	Hotrod Lincoln	09/16/2016 2:04 AM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	gobolt	09/17/2016 8:41 PM
Re: Need help getting 283 back to life!	Hotrod Lincoln	09/17/2016 11:14 PM

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