ButterFingers
Active Member
Hi there,
when checking the timing on my V8, I dutifully removed the vacuum hose from the dizzy , plugged it with a wooden pointed stick and on with the timing light....OK that's done.
Then when I put the vacuum hose back on the dizzy, and tested it with the light, no change.
More inspection and I found that the other end of the vacuum line hose was not connected to the carburetor on the passenger side.
I had previously removed the complete distributor to explore why the advance weights were not functioning. I discovered a washer jammed under one of the weights. Reconnected it and tested, and all working again.
Q: how many owners have actually looked at the carburetor end of the vacuum hose to see if it is attached?
Peter
when checking the timing on my V8, I dutifully removed the vacuum hose from the dizzy , plugged it with a wooden pointed stick and on with the timing light....OK that's done.
Then when I put the vacuum hose back on the dizzy, and tested it with the light, no change.
More inspection and I found that the other end of the vacuum line hose was not connected to the carburetor on the passenger side.
I had previously removed the complete distributor to explore why the advance weights were not functioning. I discovered a washer jammed under one of the weights. Reconnected it and tested, and all working again.
Q: how many owners have actually looked at the carburetor end of the vacuum hose to see if it is attached?
Peter