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Re: What is "dwell" #66746 10/03/2006 3:41 AM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 DANVILLE IL L LONGBOX55 'Bolter
LONGBOX55 'Bolter L Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 DANVILLE IL	Other way around, it's the time in camshaft degrees that the points are closed to saturate the coil. According to the manual, it's 28-32, you will need a dwellmeter to set it correctly. You can set the point gap at .019" as a starting point. Bill Burmeister

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What is "dwell"	bigbassmann	10/03/2006 3:31 AM
Re: What is "dwell"	LONGBOX55	10/03/2006 3:41 AM
Re: What is "dwell"	Achipmunk	10/03/2006 3:43 AM
Re: What is "dwell"	coilover	10/03/2006 5:16 AM
Re: What is "dwell"	3B	10/03/2006 5:28 AM
Re: What is "dwell"	Lumbergh	10/03/2006 8:02 AM
Re: What is "dwell"	Toyvo	10/03/2006 2:42 PM
Re: What is "dwell"	Wrenchbender Ret.	10/03/2006 10:04 PM
Re: What is "dwell"	bigbassmann	10/03/2006 11:23 PM
Re: What is "dwell"	carolines truck	10/03/2006 11:51 PM
Re: What is "dwell"	LONGBOX55	10/04/2006 12:24 AM
Re: What is "dwell"	Tab	10/04/2006 4:12 AM
Re: What is "dwell"	Hot Rod Dad	10/04/2006 5:46 AM
Re: What is "dwell"	chevman32	10/04/2006 4:26 PM
Re: What is "dwell"	Lumbergh	10/04/2006 5:39 PM

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