[DeTomaso] Pandora question

[Rob Dumoulin]

If the distributor was 180 out, the car would not run at all at 38 degrees
advance or anything around it.  It would be spitting fire out the carb and
bucking like a mule.  I think you are seeing it at the exhaust stroke rather
than the compression stroke.  Rotate the crank one more run and the
distributor should point correct.  Remember, the crank turns twice for every
cam turn.

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 9:06 PM, Christopher Kimball
<chrisvkimball at msn.com>wrote:

>
> Those of you who have been on the forum for the last four years have
> probably seen at least one or two of my emails concerning the travails of my
> '72; Pandora, as she's been christened.
>
> Recently, I've had starting problems and a few other glitches.  Well, with
> help from Jeff Kimball, Doug Braun, Mike Thomas, and Stephan from Paris,
> several issues have been cleared up lately, but the weird timing mark
> problem persisted.  The car runs great at 38 degrees before top dead center
> instead of 16.
>
> The idea was floated that maybe my distributor was installed incorrectly,
> and that I should check to be sure the rotor was pointed toward the #1
> cylinder at 0 degrees at top dead center.  I rotated the engine until the
> damper was at 0 and then removed my distributor cap.  My assumption is that
> when one says "the rotor is pointed toward the #1 cylinder" that means the
> brass contact would be in the position to be touching the contact inside the
> distributor cap that goes to the #1 cylinder's spark plug wire.
>
> If that is the case, then the distributor is in 180 degrees backward, since
> the brass contact on the rotor is facing exactly opposite of the #1
> cylinder, assuming the #1 cylinder is the farthest forward cylinder on the
> passenger side of the engine.
>
> If that is true and I need to rotate the distributor, is there any trick to
> it, or do I just remove the nut I usually loosen to adjust the distributor
> for timing, and then the little horseshoe clamp, then lift up on the
> distributor and turn it to the right position?
>
> Thanks, and Happy Thanksgiving.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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