Originally Posted by CenCal53
What mark do i use from the flywheel?

Time it to the ball

It helps to paint the ball white.

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disconnect and plug the vac line at distributor.


I use a Vac gauge also to set my mixture screw on my Carter YF at the same time.


Then set the fast idle with a tach
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here is what mine sounded like when I had the carb mixture screw not set correctly
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Mine is a 1954 235, so only use above as reference. You will need to get your settings from your shop manual.

Hopefully some of the more experienced Bolters will answer up with more specific instructions