Timing Issue.
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 9:40 am
I have a 1955 regular cub, battery ignition. I converted it to 12 volts using a Denso alternator and it has worked well with no starting issues hot, cold or wet. That was until last October during Hurricane Sandy. During the clean up I parked it, shut it down and it has never started again. I haven't done any diagnostics, but Cecil did rebuild the carb for me so we know its not that. It doesn't even sputter with a lung full of starting fluid in it. So must be electrical.
Yesterday I felt it was possible that a new cap, rotor, points and condenser couldn't hurt. So I pulled the distributer and did the install. Went quickly. Internet was down so I was doing most of this from memory. But I forgot that its best not to pull the distributer out without taking the whole unit at once ( I unfastened the one bolt with the "shoulder washer" and disconnected from there). I did markers and so on but I suspect the timing is just way out.
Can anyone point me to a section of the forum that gives me an idea of how to proceed from here? Most of the guides are for magnetos and while they give you a good idea of how to find TDC, theyre not much use from then on.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Best regards to everyone and thanks to Cecil for a beautiful restoration of my carb.
Joe
Yesterday I felt it was possible that a new cap, rotor, points and condenser couldn't hurt. So I pulled the distributer and did the install. Went quickly. Internet was down so I was doing most of this from memory. But I forgot that its best not to pull the distributer out without taking the whole unit at once ( I unfastened the one bolt with the "shoulder washer" and disconnected from there). I did markers and so on but I suspect the timing is just way out.
Can anyone point me to a section of the forum that gives me an idea of how to proceed from here? Most of the guides are for magnetos and while they give you a good idea of how to find TDC, theyre not much use from then on.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Best regards to everyone and thanks to Cecil for a beautiful restoration of my carb.
Joe