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#74831 03/14/2007 8:04 PM | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 | OK..... I have purchased a timing light for the 54 w/235 1955.....what suggestions do you have for its use on timing with the fly wheel marks. I have never done ths before and Im a bit anxious? Steve  | | |
#74832 03/14/2007 9:51 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | Hook it up to # 1 spark plug & the battery, (12 volts). Disconnect the tube to the vacuum advance. Start the engine & at idle speed shine the light on the opening in the bell hous. above thw starter. Look for a steel ball or a circle with a couple of lines. If you can,t see it you will have to take the cover off the flywheel & find it or turn thre engine till you see it in the opining. Put a dab of white paint on it when you find it. Start the engine & if the mark shows up you can adjust the timing by loosening the bolt holding it in & turning it. If that is not enough movement loosen the slotted screw under the dist. housing. Turn it counterclockwise to advance the timing. Set it a few degrees advanced from where the marks line up.
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#74833 03/14/2007 9:53 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 12 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 12 | I'm kinda in the same boat with you WHO, ME?.
I havn't bought a timing light yet due to the added confusion of which one to buy. Some offer advance / timing on the back of the light.
Which timing light did you buy?
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#74834 03/14/2007 9:59 PM | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 236 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 236 | While the one that I borrow  , doesn't offer the timing advance setting on the light itself, that sure sounds like a good idea. Hopefully somebody on this board is familiar with the different types of timing lights and can tell you for sure.
58 Fleetside, 235, "The Old Buckin' Bronco"
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#74835 03/14/2007 11:05 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | The timing advance type light is good but expensive. For occasional use it would not be worth it. I don,t have one because i,m too cheap to buy one.
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#74836 03/14/2007 11:35 PM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | When you disconnect the vacuum advance, plug the vacuum line so as not to lean out the mixture. I'm cheaper than Wrenchbender Ret. and don't own a timing light. I just eyeball the timing for initial startup, then time for optimum performance. Of course my stovebolt six has low enough compression that it won't ping if I overadvance, it just kicks back against the starter. | | |
#74837 03/15/2007 12:08 AM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | My 12 volt timing light works on 6 volts. The strobe is a bit dim so the garage lights are off when I use it.
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#74838 03/15/2007 12:14 AM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,029 | Tiny,
You can power the timing light from a twelve volt battery and time your six volt engine with no problems. | | |
#74839 03/15/2007 12:56 AM | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,154 | HI...well I bought the light from Kragens for about 45 bucks. Its the simplest one they sell made by Eqqus and its number 3535...I had a light many years ago and sold it as I thought they were obsolete. I have timed engines before and I know where the marks are on the 235 I put white paint on them, all that being said how in the hell do you crane your neck to see the marks? I think I will put the engine on TDC then mark the damper pulley and somewhere else?...OR...do you have a better idea on how to see the marks on the fly wheel?....Why did they put them there to begin with? Can I use a vacuum guage to time? I'm deaf in one ear and can't hear out the other so sound timing is OUT.. I need to install my HEI unit why am I so lazy? THANKS,Steve :mad: | | |
#74840 03/17/2007 5:50 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 |
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#74841 03/17/2007 6:02 AM | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 94 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 94 | I've had better luck with a vacuum gauge then with my timing light. Just a thought.
1953 Chevrolet 3100
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#74842 03/17/2007 7:06 AM | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 |
Jim & Caroline
The highway is for gamblers, better use your good sense."
Gooday-that's my 1¢ answer due to the lousy economy ~ cause I ain't got - no . mo . doe
Every Shaver | Now Can Snore | Six More Minutes | Than Before ... | Half A Pound for Half a Dollar | Spread On Thin | Above the Collar || BURMA-SHAVE
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#74843 03/18/2007 3:26 AM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 149 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 149 | Gee..... I must be the odd-ball.... as my timing light doesn't connect to the battery...nope..... got a tester... has a swing arm with lots of leads and connectors... I just connect them all up and it tells me everything... including giving me a nice picture of all them sparking plugs as they fire...
oh yeah..... my testor??? a Sun 1120...heeheehee....
got me the best equipped garage in town...
also got a Sun 525 dist machine....
\'48 chev 2-ton boom truck (Boomer) '49 Chev 2-ton flat bed '65 Chev 35ft school bus '88 GMC 6500 '72 Superior 26ft class "A" coach '50 Farmall "M" '71 MGB GT '68 Austin-Healey Sprite '65 Austin-Healey Sprite and various other odd British cars and lots of old radios..... Although we know what the speed of light is..... What I want to know is... How fast is the speed of DARK??
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#74844 03/18/2007 1:12 PM | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 248 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 248 | I always thought timing lights were meant to be cheap! I don't think I've ever owned one that I paid more than $20 bucks for. As long as it flashes at the right time it's doing what it is supposed to and will get you in the ball park on timing...at least close enough that you can fine tune it for the performance that you want. | | |
#74845 03/18/2007 1:19 PM | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 483 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 483 | Graf. That's kinda tacky. | | |
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THIS ONE has a VACUUM GAUGE INCLUDED::