Posted by ScottyHOMEy on August 01, 2008 at 16:58:35 from (70.105.249.132):
In Reply to: Re: Scotty... posted by Bob on August 01, 2008 at 13:08:16:
I'm not sure what there is left to say, Bob. I was thinking ahead.
We don't know where Bill's engine was when he stopped it, or whether he has a mag or battery ignition. More likely a mag, in which case he's gonna have to set it up for #1 anyway. Whichever, we don't know if the distributor or mag is on or off the engine. It's easy enough to set both the motor and ignition up for #1 so as to have the timing close when he puts things back together. It will certainly take less time than trying to troubleshoot an ignition that might be as much 180 out and then having him either taking things back apart (in the case of a mag) or winding a distributor around that far to correct it.
One of the better sets of instructions I've seen a lot around here starts out describing the #1 tower on the cap being at about 2 o'clock. If Bill was to set up with the drive slot horizontal and the ignition (of either type) set to fire on anything other than #1, we'd be three days days and a thirty-post thread that had fallen down to page three getting him straightened out. If we're to be concerned about the next guy workin' on this tractor, my thought is that it's easy and the best thing to do to keep #1 out there around where it usually is.
If the gear is timed up to the cam properly, it makes no difference which kind of ignition he has. They only made one gear to spin the governor and ignition. If the drive slot is in position for one to run right, it's in position for the other.
To my mind, it's easier in both the short and the long run to get to that point by taking the small trouble to get it as close as you can before re-assembly.
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