Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 13:18:44 -0500
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From: "joe@cedar.net" <joe@CEDAR.NET>
Subject: GOT IT! was Re: 83.5 1.9L WB Timing
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Woke early and bought a disty cap & rotor and new air filter. A
few length of various dia hoses and found a shade tree in the
park (That or the sunny street in from my house). Replace any
vacuum line I haven't already and the air hoses for EGR and cold
start (need to get better ones soon). Loosened the idle set
screw 1.5 turns and moved timing close to TDC. Worked at getting
a smooth Idle at 800 with the stabilizer removed then brought
timing to 5 deg ATDC; the mark on the front rim of the pulley a
bit to the left of the rear mark. Lined this mark up with the
seem in the engine. Played with the idle to get a steday 800
wouldn't go any higher. Then went driving.
Everything worked! No stalling, smooth quiet idle and great
drivability. I was stubborn in not replacing these lines sooner
and will keep them in tact. Now that I have finally reached a
known state of operation I feel great and will sleep better at
night. Not to mention have more confidence driving it.
After I reported this success my buddy said "Now what are you
going to do?" Oh let's see: rear brakes, tranny oil, suspension
bushings, left rocker panel and side panel, paint, westy roof
gasket, and I suppose I can come up with a few more.
Thanks for all your help.
Joe
Milwaukee, WI
On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Robert Donalds wrote:
> Joe wrote
> Hello all,
> Bently says to line up the the notch on the pulley with the
> seperation line in the case for proper timing. The engine will
> not run at this point. I verified that the mark is top dead
> center. I have been disabling the idle stabilizer while
> checking/setting.
> Right now it is running ok with the mark between the 10: 00 -
> 11:00 position (using a clock as an example). Power seems good,
> but idle is sporatic. It idles best with the idle adjust screw
> all the way in to the right; back it out an 1/8 and she dies.
>
> Please tell me where the timing is to be set.
> Joe
> any time you have to change the timing to make the engine idle and have power you most likley have a vacuum leak. this could be from something like injectors seals, throttle body gaskets. low compression or valves that are not closing read the lifter article on my web site and set the valve adjusters up as it says http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm
> Good luck
> B.Bob
>
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