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Setting Dwell #530886 11/19/09 11:57 AM 11/19/09 11:57 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 106 Central PA H Howard OP member
Howard OP member H Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 106 Central PA	On my 340 factory dual point distributor I just pulled it and replaced the points. I set them at .017 and when I fired it up the dwell was at 32 degrees. It calls for total dwell of 37 to 42 degrees. Do I need a wider gap than .017 or less?? Thanks

Re: Setting Dwell [Re: Howard] #530887 11/19/09 01:17 PM 11/19/09 01:17 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 279 pgh pa C captaindodge enthusiast
captaindodge enthusiast C Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 279 pgh pa	Less

Re: Setting Dwell [Re: captaindodge] #530888 11/19/09 02:51 PM 11/19/09 02:51 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 106 Central PA H Howard OP member
Howard OP member H Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 106 Central PA	Thanks, I'll try .015 and see what that gives me.

Re: Setting Dwell [Re: Howard] #530889 11/19/09 04:35 PM 11/19/09 04:35 PM
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,041 michigan woods imfixinmopars426 master
imfixinmopars426 master Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,041 michigan woods	also,see if you can find a guy with a sun dist machine. they are great to set all curves and dwell off the car.some vo-ed schools might still have one?

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