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Old 05-18-2013, 11:49 PM
vandor vandor is offline
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LOL! Actually my old Fiat has not stranded me in a long time. When I was in college I used AAA a lot :-)
Of course the new one better not strand me or I'll be rather upset.

Yesterday and today I've been trying to get the distributor to advance.
Even tho I soaked/lubed the weights I can only get ~10 degrees of mechanical advance out of it. I tried to get the shaft out, but the pin retaining the gear would not budge. I've removed these from other distributors by pressing them with a torx socket in a vice, but this one would not budge. Hm, we have a 20 ton press at work...

I installed the distributor with base timing at 10` BTDC with vacuum retard hooked up, so I should get a max of 30` at higher rpm. Not ideal, but better than what it was before. I may try to get another distributor if the salvage yard is open on Sunday.
bye,

Csaba
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