Distributor timing off a notch?

Anonymous · 2018-11-16T09:10:15Z

The top timing quad. is on my 308, the bottom is off a spare distributor which wobbles. Why would someone grind away the adjustment quad? Is there a drive gear that could have been installed a cog (for lack of a better term) off? I've discovered that when the cutout quad. is installed, it doesn't lay flat on the bottom of the distributor because the bolt is too far out on the slot. This is causing the distributor to not sit far enough down in the offset slot, only about half way. The car runs fine and it's something I've discovered chasing an idle problem. Also contributing to the seating problem is there are two thick o-rings, stacked, being used as a gasket between the distributor and block. I took the remnants of an original cork gasket off the wobbly dizzy and its about half the thickness of the two stacked o-rings. What are others using for a gasket in this area? I can tell how far down the dizzy sits by the shiny marks on the offset distributor shaft. Thanks, Terry

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The vacuum advance mechanism will make no difference to the starting or performance. It is purely an economy device. It advances the timing under light load (high vacuum).

Posted : 03/04/2023 10:06 am

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