mbjoe

Gee I thought I was using the old fashioned method. What I do is remove the ip pipe and take out the spring and element then put the pipe and some sort of drip tube back on. Block the throttle on full and then rotate the crank around until you are about 30 degrees btdc. Then start pumping the hand pump. You should see a steady stream of fuel coming out of the drip tube.

Then, as you continue to pump the hand pump, slowly rotate the crank. It is best to use a long breaker bar to turn it very slowly. When you see the flow cut down sharply, you are there. Just read it off the indicator.

It takes a little practice, but you can then see where you are. If you're within a degree or so, I would leave it

I guess the way you are doing it is to leave the crank at 24 degrees btdc and rotating the IP to the point where the fuel cuts off. They should be the same, but if you're just checking, I wouldn't want to loosen the IP since it might be ok.

Let me know if I wasn't clear enough..

Thanks
Joe