Distributor test specs - help
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Distributor test specs - help
Good morning all,
Just looking for a little help interpreting the distributor test specs in my '66 Olds service manual. I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what it's telling me on the vacuum advance side. The mechanical advance (per dist RPM) seems straightforward.......at 600 RPM you should be getting 0 to 2 degrees of mechanical advance. At 900 RPM you should see 3.5 to 5.5......and so on, got it.
The vacuum advance however, isn't quite so simple to read and I'm actually not even sure what it's saying. Maybe I'm just missing something. Is it saying that you get 9 degrees of vacuum advance at all times?
Just looking for a little help interpreting the distributor test specs in my '66 Olds service manual. I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what it's telling me on the vacuum advance side. The mechanical advance (per dist RPM) seems straightforward.......at 600 RPM you should be getting 0 to 2 degrees of mechanical advance. At 900 RPM you should see 3.5 to 5.5......and so on, got it.
The vacuum advance however, isn't quite so simple to read and I'm actually not even sure what it's saying. Maybe I'm just missing something. Is it saying that you get 9 degrees of vacuum advance at all times?
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#8
Jeez, talk about confusing! I guess it's something that mechanics were much more used to seeing than someone like me who comes along 50 years later trying to figure everything out as I go.
#9
When you look at timing on the crank with a timing light, that is crankshaft degrees. So, 9* of vacuum advance at the distributor translates to 18* on the crank reading. Same for the mechanical advance.
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