Jump to content

studerex

Members
  • Posts

    858
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by studerex

  1. In your 4th photo I can clearly see the base points on the left and the adjustable plate on the right. You have to get this exactly right to get all 8 cylinders running right. Not 4 good and 4 close. Or you can send the distrubutor to someone with a distributor machine and have them set them. Of course all your problems could still be in the carb. Make sure it is absolutely clean. I have kits if needed.

  2. Both points are set to .018 to .024 gap. One set is mounted to the base plate. The other set is mounted to a adjustable plate on top of the base plate. Thats why the stationary set is done first, then the moveable one. Do you have a owners manual? Adjustments are in there. I have high quality reproductions. On the right side of the rear motor mount casting is a removeable plate. Open that up and you will see the timing marks. I know the dist is a pain. I have seen other club members put chevy and mopar distributers on. I even put on a Oldsmobile one to get a 8 lobe cam and use single points.

  3. Oh you have the late production 660x dist. Ok set the stationary points gap at 22. Use a timing light hooked to number 1 cylinder. set the steering wheel advance full advanced. set the timing to the 1-8 UDC timing marks on flywheel. Some flywheels will have a punch mark about 3/4 inch before UDC set there. Then hook timing light to number 6 plug and set the other movable point set, but this time set to flywheel marks 3-6 UDC. The stationary points run cylinders 1, 2,8,7 and movable points run 6,5,3,4. firing order 16258374. Points fire 45 degrees apart. Also the carb barrels run 4 cylinders each. The inside barrel feeds the center 4 cylinders 3,4,5,6 and the outer barrel runs the other 4 cylinders. 1,2,7,8. Good luck. Rex Oh just noticed your photos. Your car was made at the change over to one coil. You still have the hole in the cowl for the other coil. Unless someone modified it.

  4. What you have is a dual ignition and dual carburation. One coil, one set of points, 1/2 of the dual rotor and one barrel of the carb runs the center 4 cylinders and the other coil, points, 1/2 rotor and other carb barrel run the outside 4 cylinders. Good news is you got 1/2 the motor running right.

×
×
  • Create New...