Anyone near Glasgow

[bengaku]

Hi trying to find anyone who lives in or around Glasgow that has a timing gun .If you can try and help me sort out my 1360 maybe this weekend I can pay for petrol and provide tea coffee biscuits and even a bottle of single malt ????thanks for looking regards Paul

[Pete Lewis]

With electronic ign you dont really need a strobe

do same as points ign On

Connect small bulb between coil neg and earth

 

turn engine

the pick up will trigger , same as points and light the bulb at the firing pojnt

 

turn engine clockwise till just lights and compare the timing pointer

 

or set the timing pointers and turn the dizzy to light the lamp on no 1

 

 

if that helps

 

pete

[bengaku]

I'm not sure if the powerspark I have is electronic still has points and red rotor arm plus the little silver pack with attached wire can't remember the name must be old age lol

[bengaku]

Condenser that's it not that old ????

[Pete Lewis]

so its def points..  ,  

 

small bulb will work easy .

 

or with engine running undo dizzy clamp  rotate the dizzy to get the best fastest running and then back it off a bit , you dont want best  , just retard to drop down from the best revs , nip it up and try it, if it pinks   drop it back a little more   and so on.

 

Pete

[bengaku]

Pinks sorry what does that mean being blonde I'm not sure also to add I am currently using 95 fuel with additive

[Pete Lewis]

Ditch the costs of addatives and run on 97/99 which is nearer to what these were designed to run on

when they were built 95 went in side valves and lawn mowers

 

pinking is a tin can rattle you get when pulling open throttles in a high gear

its bad for pistons .

 

95 wont give you the 20mph problem you are having but you have to retard to a late spark and suffer less performance and a hot engine

at 97 you can use factory timing and the optimum performance

 

have you looked to see that the throttle actually opens when you press the pedal ???

[bengaku]

Will look at that and get some 97 is that whats it called or is it like premium or momentum

[Pete Lewis]

Yes super, ultimate and various names , its few pennies more but its worth it

 

well that is when its running correctly!!

 

bear it in mind next time you need fuel

 

pete

[bengaku]

Yeah i will thanks for the advice not to worried about paying a little more not like im doing thousands of miles its just a bit of fun at weekends

[bengaku]

Pete you said that if i connect a small bulb to to the neg coil and earth i take it i can use any 12 volt car bulb and connect split wire to the neg and pos of the bulb sort of make shift strobe light then when bulb lights do i look at where the little Mark is on the front of the engine to try and get the marks to line up by rotating the dizzy to get the timing correct after i get that take it would then need to recheck the carburetor is set correctly as well ?

[Pete Lewis]

Thats the plan but a small pea or panel bulb, if you use a flasher bulb it will bypass the points completly

so something small

 

doenst matter what polarity the bulb or holder is, just clip or hook a wire to the coil neg and other to an earth somewhere easy, when the points just open the bulb will light. And stay on till the points get closed , its the immediate just on you are looking for

but must be with rota pointing at no 1 or no4 leads or you wont find the timing pointers

or check the rockers on no1 are in balance and both have some tappet gap then you know you are on no1 compression stroke

 

 

pete

 

check where they are and clean them up before you start.a dab of marker or tippex are good to highlite

the marks.

[GT6M]

what ye need is a small electrical tester screwdriver

and one wid a croc clip on one end, so it holds onto thingys

 

aboot  in most Pound shops or cheep shops

 

And, also, ye really need a wee file, a diamond one will be best,

this t,get the spike of the points

as if not got rid of that, then sett,n points is impossarble

 

Or, some thing like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-GUNSONS-SPARKTUNE-2-DWELL-VOLTAGE-TEST-METER-BOXED-PAPERWORK-CLASSIC-/122406141628?hash=item1c7ff97ebc:g:bl4AAOSwuLZYz8ta

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPEEDOGRAPH-TUNE-UP-ANALYSER-VINTAGE-CLASSIC-CAR-MOTORCYCLE-TRACTOR-AUTOJUMBLE-/352010360779?hash=item51f573d7cb:g:GSEAAOSwuLZY0DvI

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_sop=2&_nkw=gunson+timing+light&_frs=1

 

M

[bengaku]

Update decided to get a engine compression test kit did the test results were cylinder one =115

Cylinder two =116 cylinder three =115 cylinder four =115 all dry tested .so question is that good or bad ?

[GT6M]

sounds low, butt,is a 1360 low comp t,start off wid

maybe go to 130-140 hot

 

butt, good thing is they all equal

 

M

[bengaku]

Thanks for reply not sure will need to try and find what it should be but i would have thought in the 130 140 range

[Pete Lewis]

Was that with all plugs out and throttles open ?????

[bengaku]

Yes all plugs out throttle open you mean gas pedal pushed down ?

[Pete Lewis]

 yes , open the gas ,  

 

so nice they are equal but all a bit lower than expected

 

                     is the starter and battery healthy??   

[bengaku]

Just did a wet test with air filter off throttle up readings were cylinder one 122 cylinder two 123 cylinder three 122 cylinder four 124 which leads me to believe that the seats of valves may need re seating.?

[bengaku]

Brand new battery but it did end of dead cause of my daft son but i did get car started and run it for a bit so battery is charged bavk upi think as for starter its not been changed over but seems ok car starts first turn of the key most times

[Pete Lewis]

thats ok  just a weak cranking will give low results 

 

and gauges are not always calibrated very well .  if you can connect it to a tyre valve , does it show the same tyre pressure  ??

 

just away of a rough check on how it reads 

 

Pete

[bengaku]

Never thought about that will check that see what it says