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#30710 11/01/2003 1:48 PM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11 | I searched and I see a couple different opinions on timing these 6's, (vacuum gauge or timing light). My question is, when you are setting the initial timing do you disconnect the vacuum advance, as you do in later model engines?
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#30711 11/01/2003 5:33 PM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | BrianT,
I have always disconnected the vacuum advance line and plugged it; however, the 1954 and 1960 shop and owners manuals do not mention disconnecting the vacuum line.
Use a timing light for setting timing. Adjust the points; then adjust the carburetor (with a vacuum guage). Then, attach the timing light to the #1 spark plug wire and rotate the distributor until the ball on the flywheel lines up with the needle in the front side of the bell housing.
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#30712 11/01/2003 7:25 PM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11 | Thanks, that's what I did. | | |
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