Nick, The car will run with that gear positioned in any of the 360 degrees so long as you have the plug wires also positioned so that when #1 fires it is going to #1 plug.
You can move the gear by using a large flat blade screwdriver and spinning the gear out. It will move a few degrees before it disengages the cam gear so it is imperative that you allow for that movement when you begin the process of finding the correct location. The correct position for number one plug wire is 10:00 o'clock on the distributor. I hope this helps. Joe -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Moseley Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 10:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Spits] >>NASS Help please: ignition Many, many thanks for all the suggestions. This small issue of no spark is shaking my belief in the Spitfire gods. Earlier today, thinking that it might be cleaner just to put in the electronic ignition set because it included a dizzy as well as the magic box, I tried to install it. Ahem, the flat bar in the bottom of the shaft, that engages into the offset slot in the drive gear, would not engage. It is 180 degrees out. (Rotor points at 4 rather than 10 o'clock). Comparing the 25D dizzy I was using before, to this one, they are indeed reversed. This is, another, un-expected eventuality. (Wry smile). Using the electronic set-up, I turned the engine over with the plug wires in the normal position, and then changed them around so that #1 was at 4 o'clock and so forth. No change. There is no ballast resistor in the circuit at present. Tomorrow I'll remedy that, and use the suggestions to do more testing. It's not a good thing, but having lost my job 3 weeks ago, means I should have time to chase down this problem, eventually, with help from fellow listers and club members. Thanks! I'll advise of progress. Nick Moseley NASS #278 [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
