| |
Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | | Forums66 Topics128,034 Posts1,055,547 Members48,425 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | 
#44316 11/14/2004 3:36 PM | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 6 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 6 | It cranks and runs. I have adjusted the point gap to .18. The timing is the problem. With the engine warm, choke off and idling, I have to advance the timing at the Distributor to the full 10 marker and I can't get the ball on the flywheel to line up with the pointer. If I push on the vacuum advance, the idle comes up a bit and the ball advances to the marker. When I let go, the ball drops back.
It idles ok. When I push on the gas, the engine hesitates or back fires before increasing RPMs.
When doing the restoration, the engine ran fine before pulling the bolt ons off to clean and repaint. The distributor was removed and cleaned. Could I have rotated the gear at the bottom and gotten it on the incorrect tooth at reassembly?
I am a novice. | | |
#44317 11/15/2004 1:03 AM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | There is a clamp under the dist. Loosen the screw
& turn the dist. to set the timeing.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | |
#44318 11/15/2004 1:51 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 | There are two adjustments, a coarse adjustment by loosening the clamp where the vacuum advance attaches to the distributor housing, and a small slot where the bracket attaches to the block. Center the slot, and use the clamp at the vacuum advance to set the timing. Small adjustments can be made as necessary with the slotted adjuster.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | |
#44319 11/15/2004 2:09 AM | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 6 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 6 | Absolutely perfect! I just stepped outside and did it.
Set the scale back to center.
Loosened the clamp.
Warmed the engine.
Turned the distrib until the ball hit the mark.
Tightened the screw.
I am amazed at how simple the engine is.
This is my first resto. I have the cab and interior completed. I have to get the doors, hood, fenders, and grill painted then reattached. Then I am ready for a ride.
Thank you stovebolters. | | |
#44320 11/15/2004 5:55 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 124 Member | | Member Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 124 | I had even better performance by setting the fine adjustment (octane selector) to 8 after first getting the ball lined up.
I've heard several people recommend this and now my spark plugs are nice and gray. | | |
|
|
| |
