(clear as mud) repair manual, I presume the pointer should be lined up with the "I" in the letters in "IGN" that's on the vibration dampner. Unfortunately, it was about 2" away from it on the "retard" side of the mark.
So, I loosened the distributor clamp and rotated the distributor until the pointer was dead on the letter "I". And in doing so, the idle raised up to nearly 1000 rpm.
I reset the idle back to 600 rpm and readjusted the idle mixture screws and now the Hawk literally PURRS when it idles. The big surprise was when I took it out for a followup test drive. It's like a brand new car now. Takes off like a scalded rabbit, excellent throttle response, no lagging when I give it the gas, unbelievable difference.
Sorry for being so long-winded here......now my question: Did I do this correctly? That is, since there are no "degreeing marks" on the dampner (who's brilliant idea of genius was that, anyway?), is it set properly when the pointer is at the "I" of the letters "IGN"?
If so, just how "forgiving" are these Stude motors if the timing is set a couple degrees further advanced than what the manual calls for?
Karl
1962 GT Hawk 4sp
So, I loosened the distributor clamp and rotated the distributor until the pointer was dead on the letter "I". And in doing so, the idle raised up to nearly 1000 rpm.
I reset the idle back to 600 rpm and readjusted the idle mixture screws and now the Hawk literally PURRS when it idles. The big surprise was when I took it out for a followup test drive. It's like a brand new car now. Takes off like a scalded rabbit, excellent throttle response, no lagging when I give it the gas, unbelievable difference.
Sorry for being so long-winded here......now my question: Did I do this correctly? That is, since there are no "degreeing marks" on the dampner (who's brilliant idea of genius was that, anyway?), is it set properly when the pointer is at the "I" of the letters "IGN"?
If so, just how "forgiving" are these Stude motors if the timing is set a couple degrees further advanced than what the manual calls for?
Karl
1962 GT Hawk 4sp
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