Bob, If the 6 cyl Hitachi dizzy is anything like the 4 cyl variety then it will have 2 adjusting bolts. It doesn't look like there are any 6 cyl ppl around at the moment so I'll have a bash at this from a 4 cyl perspective and hope that it's not a load of crap.
The lower bolt (10mm) that's visible and very near the graduated timing marks that you referred to is not the primary adjustment but is often used for such by ppl who are familiar with the features of the Hitachi dizzy. There is another adjusting bolt facing downwards on the block side that's 8mm (on the 4 cyl). To zero the graduated timing marks, you loosen the 10mm nut and move the dizzy to the 0 degree mark. Then you loosen the 8mm bolt and time the engine using whatever equipment that you are familiar with eg timing light etc. Now you have the ability to advance or retard the engine relative to the primary setting by a definitive amount simply by using the scale without hooking up a timing light - pretty simple but no where near as sophisticated and the vernier adjuster on other dizzies eg Denso 6 dizzy. To the best of my knowledge there is nothing that's adverse to the engine with regards to the positions of primary or secondary settings as long as at the end of the day it's timed correctly. The way that your dizzy is set now certainly doesn't mean conclusively that there is anything wrong with the orientation of the dizzy, unless it will not time correctly using the method that I have outlined above. regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Sent: Friday, 9 August 2002 4:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Dizzy a tooth out? Hello membersozdat, Further to my spark plug question, I was looking at the timing marks on the bottom of the distributor, and noticed that my distributor is advanced as far as it goes. Thinking that this couldnt be the way things are meant to be, I started retarding it a bit, and it started running like crap, I am thinking that the distributor has been put in a tooth out or something, any opinions? -- Best regards, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
