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 franko
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| posted on August 26th, 2004 at 02:34 PM |
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dwell with point replacement
ive got a magfire point replacement in an 1800 with 009, no matter how i play with it, the dwell is 65 degrees.is this ok?if not how are they
adjusted?moving it closer or further from the dizzy cam does nothing.
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68AutoBug
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| posted on August 26th, 2004 at 06:41 PM |
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This is a hard one franko...
When You adjust the points gap, You are changing the dwell angle... and in a normal kettering ignition system which was invented in the early part of
the last century....
When You adjust the gap of the points the dwell angle changes...
to read further, and to stop Me having to use My worn out old brain, look at this site...
http://www.vtr.org/maintain/ignition.html
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| posted on August 27th, 2004 at 02:54 PM |
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thanks auto bug, thats good for points but the magfire replaces the points with a sensor.it seems like its not adjustable , that is, the dwell stays
the same regardless of the small positional changes you can make.??????????????
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| posted on August 28th, 2004 at 05:18 PM |
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Ile go out on a limb (again) and say the dwell is fixed and is non adjustable on your system. |
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36 HORSE
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| posted on August 28th, 2004 at 06:08 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Ile go out on a limb (again) and say the dwell is fixed and is non adjustable on your system.
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Dwell angle is the number of degrees the points stay closed for. So this figure is meaningless on your system
[Edited on 28-8-2004 by 36 HORSE]
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| posted on August 28th, 2004 at 09:18 PM |
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Yes, it seems that it cannot be changed although You have to be able to adjust it to start with...
Not the Gap... the timing with the distributor...
I agree that the dwell is not adjustable on Your system...
I wasn't sure what You were using...
Just set the timing and forget it...
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| posted on August 29th, 2004 at 08:02 AM |
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thanks guys, nothing to worry about eh.
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