Right ... Set the engine such that #1 is at TDC on the compression stroke, and the ignition rotor is pointing at the #1 terminal on the cap. If the engine doesn't start, diddle the distributor a little one way or the other until it starts.
Warm it up, and then use your timing light. Done this 100s (if not 1000s) of times ... Jeff Sent from my iPad On Aug 14, 2011, at 10:31 PM, "Ben Ament" <[email protected]> wrote: > Timing is first set statically to ensure that the engine starts and then > advance timing is set with the engine running. > > Peace, > Ben > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff > Greenfield > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 5:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [alfa] plex static timing > > Why would you want to set it statically? > > Time it @5000 RPM on the 'M' mark, and let the timing at idle fall wherever > it happens to. Should be close to the 'F' mark if the advance mechanism is > working properly. > > Jeff > > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 13, 2011, at 10:17 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Gentle Alfisti, >> How does one set the static timing on a Marelliplex solid-state ignition? >> >> modelle in somers point >> 115.01 >> -- >> to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi >> or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
