[928uk] Timing issue - 83 "S"

[Donald Peach]

Are you sure the spark plug leads are correctly connected to the dizzy? When
I rebuilt my V8 Stag engine I had a problem with the timing mark being out
of adjustment range so I moved the spark plugs around the dizzy by one place
and got my adjustment spot on. If the inverse were true for you this could
be why.

Regards,

Don.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Constantine" <john.constantine at btinternet.com>
To: <928uk at 928.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 9:20 AM
Subject: [928uk] Timing issue - 83 "S"


> Hi all,
>
> Good news and bad news.
>
> First the good......
>
> At the weekend my project car moved under it's own steam for the first
time
> in over 2 years!!!!
>
> I took it for a scenic ride around my crescent - Did a 3 point turn and
> returned to the garage.
>
> It started first/second time from cold and hot and I adjusted the tickover
> too. It had a bit of a flat spot when I touched the throttle, but only a
bit
> and revved up o.k. after that. I put that down to the fact that I had been
> fiddling with the mixture and that I'd only set the timing by ear and not
> used a strobe.
>
> So now the bad.....
>
> I put the car back in the garage and started to try and get her running as
> sweetly as possible - I didn;t think this would be too hard seeing as I
was
> almost there..... how wrong I could be.
>
> I took the vaccums off the dizzy and my daughter held the car at 3k while
I
> put the strobe on  the pulley wheel ..... Now I was expecting the timing
to
> be out a little, but there was no sign of the timing mark - ANYWHERE!!!!
> really bizzare...... I moved the dizzy right over and the timing mark just
> came into sight - but still miles off. I removed the dizzy and moved the
> rotor arm to bring the adjustment closer.
>
> Now the car is a pin to start, but I got it going and after doing this
again
> got the timing mark to be crack on. Jsut one problem now. The car is
> impossible to start. I had it running once and then it wouldn;t idle at
all
> and ran like it was only firing on 4 cylinders and was running so rich it
> was stinking my eyes.
>
> I've been ill all weekend so I decided to knock it on the head there.
>
> The only thing I can think of is that in the past someone has put the red
> belt thing with the timing marks on, back on the car in the wrong place!!!
>
> Does anyone know if this is possible?
>
> The timing marks are somehitn like 1|0    T|D    2|6
>
> Also, can I double check which timing mark I'm supposed to be using - I
was
> under the impresion it whould read 26 @ 3k rpm with all vaccums removed
from
> the dizzy?
>
> I don;t know I'm at a loss at the momment.
>
> One last thing - on the right hand side (as you are looking into the
engine
> bay) of the intake plenum between the back 2 pipes there is what looks
like
> an oil vapur return line. Can anyone confirm this as one eld of this line
> appears to go nowhere and is sucking like hell.
>
> Anyone - any ideas?
>
> Just for infor I've replced (or has been replaced) the following
>
> Cap
> Leads
> Rotor
> Plugs
> Injectors
> Injector seals
> Starter motor
> ALL Vaccum pipes
> intake gaskets
> Air/oil filters
> WUR
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> JC
>
>
>
>
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