Subject: point gap
Author: Michael Jones
Date: Aug 29, 2000, 9:33 AM
Post ID: 1702148292
If you static-time your bike using the method in the
manual, you will need to set the point gap before the
timing, just as you say. That is the way I have been
doing it, though getting the gap precise with the
distributer in the engine is iffy, in my opinion. But
when I timed it while trying to diagnose the problem,
I just put a test light on the place where the
condenser wire attaches, and put the #2 cylinder to
the 10* btdc mark. The light lit if perfectly on time,
so I assumed the timing hadn't gone wacky.
Unfortunately, when doing timing according to this
method, the timing for the #1 cylinder is set
completely by the point gap, and I did not check that.
Bad mistake, I know.
But that didn't answer all the questions, because my
#2 cylinder was actually running worse then the #1
cylinder, even though #2 was times right. #2 was the
first cylinder to start having problems. I think an
accumulation of factors account for this, but I won't
go into that - to much typing.
But I plan on changing the way I do my timing,
virtually eliminating the problem of inaccurately
setting the point gap. I you make marks on your case
for TDC and 10* BTDC for the #1 cylinder, then you can
set the points to open exactly when that cylinder
reaches 10* also, so both cylinders will be timed
precisely.
-Mike
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M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal
"With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet, by repudiating each other they lure each other to reach mutual correction." -Lucian Blaga
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