<VV> Timing Gear ?

[Rodney Sampson]

Finally back on road, found power valve in my 390 Holley was leaking 
like a sieve.
You know how a rubber gasket looks when it's been soaking in carb 
cleaner for a week ?
 Well, that's what the power valve looked like. Still no answer to the 
retarded timing issue,
  readjusted and it's still there...gear looks good as well.
Anyway, thanks for the advice....

Rodney.


Mark Andrade wrote:

>Rodney,
>I had a distributor go "off" on me suddenly about 30 degrees retarded once.
>To time it back I had to unbolt the distributor to advance the gearing one
>tooth. I'd suggest re-timing the engine (after it airs out) and let us know
>how it runs then. If you find you need to unbolt the distributor to gain
>back a tooth, don't remove the whole thing or you'll lose the position of
>the oil pump on the end of the distributor shaft. Just raise it enough to
>"jump" the tooth back.
>Let us know.
>Mark Andrade
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