Bought myself a new timing light and am now REALLY confused.

The motor seems to run a bit rich but that's not the confusing bit - It seems to be timed at about 40 degrees BTDC with the timing light but when I manually line up the rotor button to point at the No.1 plug it's 5 degrees - the only thing I can think of is that someone has put a wrong pulley on the motor at some stage because there's only one mark and its on the front of the pulley (I thought there were supposed to be about 5 marks on the engine side of the pulley).

What's going on??? - Any advice?

Is the vacuum advance hose connected? If so disconnect it.

I had to mark TDC on the timing cover and pulley with a white pen just to see it with the timing light.

Quote:Yeah that's irrelevant. To statically set timing like that you want to go where the breaker points open. At 7 degrees BTDC

5. Rotate housing anti-clockwise -- slowly -- until a spark appears at the coil wire
6. Tighten distributor hold-down bolt
See Initial Timing

Went to the Nissan Datsun Nationals and got a nice surprise.


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Great recognition for the hours of work you put into the resto.

Now then, its time to get one with the Coupe and stop wasting your conciderable efforts with models that have too many doors
( "sound off stockwhip cracking" )

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found today .. FREE 2 DOOR Shell

B310 panelvan shell only. No diff, no front suspension. Free to take away. Need room for a new project so needs to go or I'm cutting it up and taking to the tip.

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Just a little taste

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