Subject: RE: Distributor rebuild
Author: Giller,Bruce C.
Date: Aug 16, 2005, 7:23 AM
Post ID: 1719303846
Greg,
My question is: can you get the distributor lock-down bolt to be
in the middle of the "clamping arc" on the distributor? My lock-down
bolt is always at the 'bottom' of the clamping arc no matter how I
inserted the distributor into the engine. Any hints???
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Bender [mailto:gr-@thisoldtractor.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:16 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: Distributor rebuild
Hi Vince,
In Guzziology (section 6-17) Dave Richardson covers it pretty well (I'm
summarizing here):
1. put left cylinder (number 2 cylinder) at top dead center on the
compression stroke. should be free play at both valves
2. keep the condensor at 9 o'clock
3. position the distributor shaft's upper notch at 5 o'clock and insert
the distributor (this is the notch into which the rotor is 'keyed'). the
notch should rotate to about 6 o'clock as the distributor gear
interfaces with the gear on the camshaft.
From there, time the points as usual. You may need to try it a couple of
times before getting it right (as I did), but it isn't too difficult.
lio-@aol.com wrote:
Got all my new parts together and am getting ready to rebuild the distributor. Can someone on the list tell me how to make sure I align |
up properly when I reinstall the unit. Seems that if I'm off by a few degrees the timing will be all messed up. I know that trial and error will help , but I thought there might be an easy way to get it right first time. Vince in NY BTW are there any NYC GUZZISTI out there who might be interested in getting together some Sunday morning for a ride? |