[drdave69]

I just received my distributor back from Jerry M. after a rebuild (it looks brand new). According to his calibration report, centrifugal advance total is 22 deg. and the total advance is in at 2700 rpm. The total timing is 36 deg. at 3000 rpm. My question is: once installed do I need to be concerned with the total timing?
What I mean is, would I be better off to get a better timing light (one that you can dial in the timing) and set the total timing to 36 deg. at 3000 rpm?

 

[drdave69]

Thanks for the suggestions. Both of these suggestions mean that I need to mark the balancer in degrees to determine either of these measurements.

 

[drdave69]

Jim, yes the timing tab is marked but I wasn't sure how many graduations it had. I haven't been able to do much since having surgery but I just looked at the tab. It has seven graduations on each side. So, if each increment is 2 degress that puts the last mark at 14 degrees.
onova... I am not mathematically challenged but I do appreciate the "ciphering" .

So it boils down to this, install the distributor and set the initial timing to 14 degrees instead of 4. Correct me if I am wrong.

 

[drdave69]

JimM, thanks a bunch. This info helps tremendously once I am physically able to do this.