Golden Jubilee
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Location: Central IL
Re: finding true top dead center
My interpretation of the manual was that the base timing was to be set using the flywheel mark and the scale at the distributor was to give you a frame of reference to adjust for “knocking” with different qualities of fuel. Perhaps I’ve got it all wrong.
It would be interesting to see where the rivet lands if you set your dist adv scale to 0* while your pointer is lined up to the TDC mark you made on your flywheel and then advanced the dist. per the dist scale and measure the ball w an adjustable timing light.
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