What's this twiddle adjuster for on me distributor please
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seen them before, used to be called the octane screw it adjusts the base plate marginally
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Know what you mean as all cars had one of those when I was a lad but......
this one dont do that, fine adjustment of the timing wouldn't see the V8 failing to start, you can be 10 deg out and it would still go so not that. It seems to be attatched to a large weak spring but not inspected it propperly.
Okay without seeing inside- not sure
have you points as I can't see amplifier on side from that picture.
It could be adjusting points, though the only other time I ever saw anything like that there was a locking screw on points.
the screw you adjusted was for dwell on point gap.
have you points as I can't see amplifier on side from that picture.
It could be adjusting points, though the only other time I ever saw anything like that there was a locking screw on points.
the screw you adjusted was for dwell on point gap.
It's an electronic dizzy with the spinner thingy instead of points and it has a rotor arm
would this be something to do with an air gap whatever that might be.??
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It's the spring thing at about 10 to the hour in this pics, the screw thing opperates it
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Read that, excellent.... but still dont know what me little knob is for.
size dont matter ya know... as long as ya know what to do with it.... so you may have a few problems As the distributor rotates the sensor see's each of the metal points go by, this causes a small trigger pulse which causes amplifier to switch.
Frow what you describe it not running is too large an air gap (no trigger) be careful not to get air gap too tight-will hit.
You want it running on all 8 and leave it be, think you will find it moves base plate
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Haven't got points so what does it do to the spinner thingy in the dizzy that replaces the points.
It seems to move the baseplate but across the dizzy rather than rotating it.
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