Need Timing Help

[cvcsmkr]

okay checked timing on the sy for the first time today.
is see the marks 12,8,4,etc on balancer.
mine is about 20, about 3/4" from 12.
this is about 20 advanced correct?
which bolt do i lossen on dist to adjust timing?(i see large bolt inbetween manifold and dist, is that it? if so any trick to loosening it?)
chad

 

[Don W.]

Re: Need Timing Help

Hold-it, careful here. Stop and recheck the timing with the brown wire under the dash on the pas side disconnected. Timing should be "0" which is the large mark. Go here.

www.sytyauthority.net

click on tips, click on timing.

You virtually cannot see the dist hold down bolt. It's a 9/16 wrench size almost directly in front of the dist (maybe a little on pas side) which is why you can't see it. I use a short 9/16 box wrench coming in from the pas side working by feel. Also the KD style dist wrench that comes up next to the dist will work. Only two I've tried..

 

[cvcsmkr]

Re: Need Timing Help

thanks for pointing me to that page.
i thought that tan wire was only for adjusting timing.
so i disconnected it and it was perfectly set at 0 degrees.