ok, today, got a timing light,,

pulled the service manual.. i found were it state the 1 cylinder is front left.  but i couldnt find timing info.  i looked in the engine section and just couldnt fine it.. 

were or what should it be. 

i also did several you tubes on timing, regarding idle timing, total timing and the curve timing,, i picked that up ok and understand what that is all about.. several of the video offerings made it understandable. one guy went from putting in a petronix unit, to changing the fuel filter to changing plugs and gaps, etc.. it made the process seem much less intimidating. looks doable.

i got back to town, was poking around under hood, and found two of the spark plug wires didnt seem to be fully attached tot he plug,, so pushed them down snuggly  to the plug, due to time, didnt have time to see if it ran any differently.  

so, where should be timing be set on the 63,, or, tell me page and component section, i can look up,, i think someone mentioned no need to do this if not replacing points, but since i have the time, the toy to do it, i want to, at the very least, give it a shot, hear the engine change as the distributor is being moved,, 

anyway, I'm getting there, 

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Comment by Kim K Kaiser on July 2, 2017 at 10:56pm

ok,, thanks,, i will try to keep it all sorted out when i get some points,, buddy here in the neighbor said he had a dwell tester that i could borrow,, gonna try to talk I'm in to giving me a little tutorial as well

Comment by Kim K Kaiser on July 2, 2017 at 11:57am

thanks for the detail.. i saw where you had noted the points being out potentially, i thought the use of a timing light to see how things operate and where would be a good spend, despite the points being out,  i want to see how things function and relationships...and can use for possible problem diagnosis, down the road....thanks again for the detail

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