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HELP! Screwed up the timing! 140-160 1971

posted by  someone claiming to be Asa Cannell on  Fri Oct 5 14:12 CST 2001 [RELATED]

Hello,

I do not have a service manual or owners manual, and I did the following:

Rotated distributor an unknown number of degrees.

Changed points gap to distributor shaft an unknown amount.

I made an effort to make marks so I could reset everything but for several reasons my marks are no longer visible or not accurate enough. Now there is white smoke coming out my tailpipe, and if I blip the throttle what appears to be gas, or unburnt gas, drips out the tailpipe.

I have:

Stroboscopic timing light (inductive)

Knowledge of whereabouts of timing marks on crankshaft pully

Dwell-tacho-points resisitance-o-meter

Could someone tell me what the points gap should be, and what the timing should be?

Also, someone changed out the distributor for a bosch one. Its not the original..

Thanks

Asa





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