Multiple Spark Tongue Burner.

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  1. drag460

    drag460 T-Shirt guy

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    drag460, Sep 23, 2008
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    Been there done that...man that was funny reading!!!! It isn't funny when it happens to you though! I never lean over the fender and touch the dizzy cause it will "kick"your arm back so hard sometimes you can dent the hood with your elbo....! OUCH!
     
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  3. whisky

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    Oh, it hurts... So whaddaya think is the BEST WAY... ?

    It's a pretty funny/painful/interesting thread... everyone has, or will, get zapped one day doing a tune-up.

    SO HOW IS THE BEST WAY TO TIME CARS?.....

    My shop teacher's said stick your other hand in your back pocket (not the front pocket because people getting zapped occasionally suffer "some type of groin injury").

    Use an open/box wrench to push/pull the vac. advance tip and avoid brushing your fingers across the hi-tension leads. I suppose something with an insulated handle would be better. All the while you are supposed to be holding a timing gun in the other hand? I haven't figured out a way to clamp the gun and keep it aimed at the timing mark.

    You guys without vac. pots don't have ANYTHING to hold onto... how ya supposed to do it?
     
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    Too funny ... I really have enjoyed reading all of this and that you have had a good sense of humor about it.

    How to avoid it?

    How about making it a two man operation ... one guy holds the timing light, and the other guy moves the distributor by placing a long wooden stick against the vacuum can and lightly tap it into place ... while wearing gloves, rubber-soled shoes, and not standing in a puddle ... :dancing:

    Using my wife's typical chain of logic ... this was all Frank's fault ...:rofl2:
     
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  5. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    ...the way i would have done it....:rolleyes:

    #1...start engine...check the timming....(for need to be advanced/retarded).
    #2...turn engine off...(advance/retard the dist.).
    #3...start engine...check timming...(repete #2 if necessary).

    ...:huh:...

    i will admit...it was more fun the way Mike did it... :rofl2: :biglaugh:


    i set the...timming...by...ear...when we put the dist. in at the shop.
    :hmmm: never thought about using my... tongue... :D

    ...MFF...:Handshake
     
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