Posted by max (IP: 198.69.83.198) on October 10, 2000 at 18:01:05:
Does anyone know a sure fire way to time a '77 Mav with a 302 2v?
I attempted to time the car by taking the vacuum hose of and setting it to
6 degrees but I could not get the car to run with the hose off. I plugged the
vacuum line ( I figured that part out eventually ) and could not get the car
to run worth a darn at 6 degrees. I reattached the vacuum line and set the
timing to about 10-12 degrees advanced (with the vacuum advance hocked up)
and it ran, but not well.( this was the timing setting that made the car run the best, anything either way made it even worse)
I have a dead spot at idle but other than that it will run fairly well.
The motor has 105k miles on it on the stock timing chain. Barring my incompatence
at timing the engine, could the timing chain be shot?
I didn't think that it would cause that kind of problem but I have been told that it
could be the problem. Any ideas?