Setting timing by ear
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Setting timing by ear
Is it possible to set the timing on a 1.9 dg by ear or is that an urban myth?
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Re: Setting timing by ear
yes, its possible but it'll still really need checking
you should be able to time it by eye without starting the engine enough to get it to start by aligning the mark on the dissy with the rotor arm in cylinder one at tdc
you should be able to time it by eye without starting the engine enough to get it to start by aligning the mark on the dissy with the rotor arm in cylinder one at tdc
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Re: Setting timing by ear
Just but a timing gun you know you need one.
Re: Setting timing by ear
itchyfeet wrote:Just but a timing gun you know you need one.
Agree
- Timed mine by sight & ear and it did run pretty well but had a timing light on order anyway as have always borrowed in the past. When I checked it wasn't far off but now have the peace of mind its timed up correctly. This is all the more important if you are then going on to make any carb adjustments.
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Re: Setting timing by ear
I recentlly bought a timing light, £17.00 works great. Setting timing by ear, the post reminded me of days long gone by of tuning minis on the farm, we used to take the bonnet off sit on the wing and rotate the distributor whilst being driven along until lt ran the best, don't try this at home!!.
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Re: Setting timing by ear
paperhouselad wrote:I recentlly bought a timing light, £17.00 works great. Setting timing by ear, the post reminded me of days long gone by of tuning minis on the farm, we used to take the bonnet off sit on the wing and rotate the distributor whilst being driven along until lt ran the best, don't try this at home!!.
That remended me of car surfing in the outback of Australia, been on the bonnet at 60mph holding onto the windscreen wipers...ahh those were the days