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navychaps

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Ford 2N 9N243790, casting #s 2N 4 D14^2 and A165. Replaced points/rotor/condenser and gapped at .015 with all 4 times the points open the gap reads .015. The cam is tight with no play. The problem is that I can not adjust timing enough with the side adjustment to correctly time the distributor. The base plate needs to move about an additional 1/4 inch in order to time the distributor. This is my first old Ford but not my first rodeo on mechanical repairs.

Any suggestions?

Thank you,
Navychaps
 
I am not real familiar with the fords myself, but if you bring the engine to top dead center on number 1cylinder, the rotor needs to be pointing to number 1 on the cap with the points just beginning to open. If not in this position, pull dist. and turn to achieve this position. You could be off a tooth. Good luck
 
I have not put the distributor back on the tractor yet. It can not be timed IAW the shop manual. I need about another 1/4 inch more movement on the base plate than the outer timing adjustment will allow.
 
Thanks. I have not put it back on the tractor yet as it is to be timed before installing. Sorry, I should have mentioned it is a front mount distributor.
 
Since the distributor drives directly off the cam, the only way the timing can be off the far would be the cam is timed wrong.

If it was running before, I doubt that is the problem.

I would just put it back on approximately where it was, see if it will run. (It will only go one way.) Then do your timing adjustment.
 
Sorry, navychaps, but you seem to have stumbled onto a handful of people that haven't a clue as to what you are working with but eager to give incorrect advice. Be sure that you are turning it the correct direction when making your setting. If that doesn't fix the problem, do as the one poster suggested, get as close as possible, install and start it up. Nothing real critical here.
 
To the responders below, JMOR is right. Front mount Ford distributers have timing set while sitting at the kitchen table, with the distributer removed from the engine. Tools needed are a drill bit, straight edge, and a ruler. The process is too involved to explain here.

To Navychaps, you are going at it the correct way. Some point sets are manufactured a bit off. To get correct timing you might have to ream out the slot where to hold-down screw goes.
HTH

willie
 
Thanks to all. Will install it and go from there. Since it only fits one way and I marked the rotor position there will be no problem.
 
I have found with cheap points I can't get the timing exactly right some times. It will still run though. The old Ford's aren't very picky about timing.
 
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