[T2] raining in Baltimore

[accessys at smart.net]

is stock cam.
for this engine it is 7.5BTDC

think I might have had it at 7.5 ATDC so off by 15degrees

got plenty of brake cleaner so gotta check timing and try again

gotta get it started to set idle.....lol

thanks
Bob

On Fri, 26 Jun 2015, david raistrick wrote:

> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 19:46:28 -0400
> From: david raistrick <keen at icantclick.org>
> To: Bob carroll <accessys at smart.net>
> Cc: "type2 at type2.com" <type2 at type2.com>
> Subject: Re: [T2] raining in Baltimore
> 
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 1:14 PM,  <accessys at smart.net> wrote:
>>
>> it is obviously a fuel delivery problem.
>> hate ether got huge backfire, timing is still not dead on.
>
> so, maybe I'm wrong here, but to me a huge backfire on starting fluid
> means a) too much fluid and b) the timing is -way- off, not a little
> bit.    ether shouldn't backfire because the intake valves should be
> closed when it triggers.   I'd double check that.   static time it to
> whatever is appropriate for your dist -
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm - that should be close enough
> to prevent any kind of backfire, and good enough to get it running.
> 7.5 BTDC I'm guessing.   Or just set it to zero to be safe, it'll just
> make it idle bad.  (though I forget what that might do to FI - but I
> think it should be tolerable).
>
> unless you've got one of those big lumpy cams with a lot of intake
> overlap....but I can't think off the top of my head of any factory
> cams that should have that kind of overlap with the intakes open.....
> (or very high compression, enough to compression ignite the ether)
>
>
> personally, though, I've been using brake parts cleaner (the
> non-toluene and non-chlorine stuff - co2, heptane, and alcohol) as a
> starting fluid when needed, much less flash crazy and does a fine job
> (unless you -need- to compression fire).   (my old IH doesn't get
> started much, and when it does, it takes a lot of cranking to fill the
> bowl....)
>