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Well, I don't think I have a dial back light. Isn't that what I would need to see the timing mark at 15 degrees advanced?
Yes 15 is getting pretty close to being hidden under the pump. You could cut a strip of newspaper 1" long & use it as a ruler to make a new white paint mark on the dampener clockwise from the TDC slit & bring that new paint mark to zero on the cast in timing tab to get 16 BTDC with the vac adv capped. I had an 80's 318 with 18 & it ran flawless with a dead smooth low idle. EDIT I Googled it & 1 source said 10BTDC for stock timing but it will do better with more. I would remove the mixture screws & shoot a 2 second blast of starting fluid into each carb hole then replace the screws. Count the # of turns so you can easily/quickly return them to their original position.
Last edited by RapidRobert; 05/28/14 11:48 AM.
