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Re: Need details on setting timing with vacuum guage #43500 02/11/2004 5:47 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 56 Arkansas G gusc Member
gusc Member G Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 56 Arkansas	Izz, Warren is right, you set idle mixture with a vacumn gage, not timing. Do the timing first, then the mixture with a warm engine. '31 Chevy 1 1/2 ton, '42 GMC 2 1/2 ton 6x4, '52 GMC 2 1/2 ton 6x6, '53 GMC 5 ton

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Need details on setting timing with vacuum guage	izzenhood	02/08/2004 3:49 AM
Re: Need details on setting timing with vacuum guage	warren	02/08/2004 4:04 AM
Re: Need details on setting timing with vacuum guage	izzenhood	02/08/2004 4:30 AM
Re: Need details on setting timing with vacuum guage	gusc	02/11/2004 5:47 AM
Re: Need details on setting timing with vacuum guage	izzenhood	02/11/2004 6:09 AM
Re: Need details on setting timing with vacuum guage	hvp	02/12/2004 4:28 PM

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