As was posted turn the dial on your light to zero. Now it should act as a regular timing light (provided that it works).You can use #1 or #6 plug wire and you will see the ball and hash marks (in degrees) in the window.If you don't see any marks and the fact that you never got your engine to ping using my method tells me you are one tooth off (if you run out of dizzy travel) In that case you can move your plug wires one hole to give you more travel.Hope I didn't confuse you more than help you. One thing all 261's have is power when tuned properly.
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