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timing the governor on 1949 Farmall Cub

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Hello,

I"m trying to time the governor on my farmall cub. It was apart and trying to put it back together. I have a shop manual but it doesn"t describe this too much in detail for me. Here"s what I"ve done so far:

1. Have #1 piston on TDC with indicator pointing to notch in crankshaft pulley.
2. Meshed governor gear with camshaft gear lining up 2 punch marks on camshaft gear with single punchmark on governor gear.
3. Looked at slot coupling and it is running from 10 o"clock to 4 o"clock position. I thought this was supposed to be 2 - 8 o"clock?
4. I"m using distributor instead of magneto, so I went ahead and left it and moved the rotor on distributor to point to 1 o"clock position which is also my #1 piston.

I haven"t tried to crank yet as I have some other pieces to put on and wanted to make sure I had this right first.

Do I need to do something different or is this the correct approach? Sorry so wordy but this is my first time to work on a farmall or let alone a 4 cylinder motor of any type.

Thanks for any help with this.
 
The distributor is infinitely adjustable and it makes NO difference how the governor is timed if a mag will NOT be used.
 
(quoted from post at 17:10:26 10/03/11) The distributor is infinitely adjustable and it makes NO difference how the governor is timed if a mag will NOT be used.
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You will still need to time the governor correctly to avoid little future headaches.
 
"You will still need to time the governor correctly to avoid little future headaches."

FMR!
 
Thanks for the answering my question. I'll try it once I get new plugs and wire.

Another question, what psi should I be reading when doing a compression test on this motor? It looks like my valves are closing but am getting different readings on each cylinder. i.e. 25lbs - #1, 50lbs - 3, 80lbs - 4. I thought each reading should be fairly close or consistent with other cylinder readings.
 
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