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hnielsen2
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Learned the same thing working in a Service Station as a kid.
All is well with my Lord
Never Give Up
On Aug 15, 2013, at 7:18, Kerry Pinkerton <Pinkertonk@MCHSI.com> wrote:
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> Bruce Hart wrote on Thu, 15 August 2013 09:01
>> Can't you set your timing by using a vacuum gauge and set the distributor
>> when you get your highest vacuum reading.
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>> Your 4 o'clock to 5 o'clock doesn't sound right to me. According to
>> manual #1 should have been in the 7 o'clock position to start with. Is
>> the 403 that much different than the 455.
>> http://gmcmotorhome.info/engine.html
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> I was referencing the connector box on the distributor cap...not #1 wire.
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> The way my Dad taught me to set timing was with his 80 year old vacuum gauge (still have it) and ears. Set for max vacuum and if it pings a bit, back off the advance. Dad, a mechanic back in the 40's, always preferred for the valves to just barely be audible under max load. I always backed it off a bit more. It's hard to hear the valves in the coach. I need to get someone to do some real time adjustment while I drive with the hatch off...(or vice versa). No future in doing anything until the new distributor gets here though. I've asked Dick for his timing recommendations with the new dizzy.
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> Kerry Pinkerton
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> North Alabama, near Huntsville,
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> 77 Eleganza II, "The Lady", 403CI, also a 76 Eleganza being re-bodied as an Art Deco car hauler
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